Genndy Tartakovsky Quotes

United States, Animator
January 17, 1970

Genndy Tartakovsky is a Russian-American animator, director, producer, screenwriter, storyboard artist, comic book writer and artist. He is the creator of the animated television series Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars, and Primal on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.

Everything that I've ever done is not really based on reality, it's the caricature of reality, which is what's really exciting.

Genndy Tartakovsky
I'm a true fan of animation, and it's my livelihood. Live-action is secondary to me.

Genndy Tartakovsky

Whenever you're doing two things at once, you're compromising them both.

Genndy Tartakovsky
Trying to be a leader, you've got to be really sure of what you're doing and you've got to guide people the right way.

Genndy Tartakovsky
- People
- Doing
- Leader
For me, animation is the caricature of life. It's something that we create, from the ground up.

Genndy Tartakovsky
The thing about any character is that you want to be sincere.

Genndy Tartakovsky
- Character
- Sincere
The computer is designed to mimic reality. And in an animated world, in my perspective, that's the worst thing to do. I want people to walk into a movie theater and be transported to a different world.

Genndy Tartakovsky
- People
- Different
- Reality
If you don't believe your general, you're not going to go into battle knowing you're going to die.

Genndy Tartakovsky
- Believe
- Die
- Knowing

Watching a movie with an audience is so exciting. For me, coming from TV, you finish an episode and then it airs, and I'm at home. There's no gratification and there's no audience interaction with it.

Genndy Tartakovsky