Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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I think talent decides everything. More than the method, what's important is the talent using it. There's nothing inherently wrong or right about a method, whether it be pencil drawings or 3-D CG. Pencil drawings don't have to go away, but those who continue to use the medium lack talent. So sadly, it will fade away.
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I do all my work by storyboard, so as I draw the storyboard, the world gets more and more complex, and as a result, my North, South, East, West directions kind of shift and go off base, but it seems like my staff as well as the audience, doesn't quite realize that this has happened. Don't tell them about it.
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Actually I think CGI has the potential to equal or even surpass what the human hand can do.
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When I start creating a villain, I start liking the villain and so the villain is not really evil.
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Its not a story in which the characters grow up, but a story in which they draw on something already inside them, brought out by the particular circumstances. I want my young friends to live like that, and I think they, too, have such a wish.
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In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.
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Engineers turn dreams into reality.
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We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them.
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In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But society had changed, and they no longer felt that way. As humans grew stronger, I think that we became quite arrogant, losing the sorrow of 'we have no other choice.' I think that in the essence of human civilization, we have the desire to become rich without limit, by taking the lives of other creatures.
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You always have to appeal to your audience. You always have to consider how well your project will do in terms of admissions. I abandoned many stories because of that. But I don't get too down about it. It's something I accepted from the time I decided to work in films. I could always do something else if I got sick of it, like draw manga, or make my own films. I found it pointless sitting in my house not working, though I'd like to go on extended vacations from time to time.
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My process is thinking, thinking and thinking - thinking about my stories for a long time.
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I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.
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There are so many ships in the animation sea that are computer driven, that I think we can have at least one that's just a log raft that we can row by hand.
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I'm not going to make movies that tell children, "You should despair and run away".
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Those are shrines. Some people believe spirits live in them.
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The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos.
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All my films are all my children.
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The villains are all parts of me. For years I've been wondering what it would be like if all those negative elements were forced onto the main character's side. I can understand a character with that kind of anger.
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I wanted to convey the message to children that this life is worth living.
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Chihiro, huh? Her real name's Chihiro? Can't beat the power of love.
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We are not trying to solve the world's problems... However, even in the midst of hatred and killing, there are things worth living for. A wonderful encounter, or a thing of beauty can still exist.
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See with eyes unclouded by hate.
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Some people spend their lives interested only in themselves.
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Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.