Dean DeBlois Quotes
One of my favorite things about animation is that the boundaries are as limitless as our imaginations. If we can dream it, we can make it. And if we do it well, audiences will believe it wholeheartedly.
Quotes to Explore
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A lot of our animation projects are co-productions with French production companies.
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I usually have 10 different animation projects going at a time.
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The line between anime and regular animation is very difficult to cross, even for people who have been doing anime successfully for years.
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I'm interested in animation. I actually feel like I've learned so much about the process how to make an animated movie.
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It's been an ambition of mine, before I even wanted to act, to be involved in animation.
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I miss animation very passionately. Not continuously, but every once in a while I would die to do another film.
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Animation is not just for children - it's also for adults who take drugs.
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Throw yourself wholeheartedly into your work; the more you enjoy it, the better you get.
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Cynicism cripples our imagination and limits our ability to see faint possibilities amidst glaring problems.
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You'll see why, in animation circles, Miyazaki himself is considered one of the gods.
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Beyond the realms of what we see, into the regions or the unexplored limited only by our imaginations.
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The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.
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A theologian should be thoroughly in possession of the basis and source of faith--that is to say, the Holy Scriptures. Armed with this knowledge it was that I confounded and silenced all my adversaries; for they seek not to fathom and understand the Scriptures; they run them over negligently and drowsily; they speak, they write, they teach, according to the suggestion of their heedless imaginations.
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I love to get involved with projects that take me out of my comfort zone. I try to do things that are not necessarily what I'm used to. I always wanted to do a big animation movie and stick to the codes that this genre sometimes implies.
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"Music, for me, has always been a place where anything is possible--a refuge, a magical world where anyone can go, where all kinds of people can come together, and anything can happen. We are limited only by our imaginations.
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I was able to bring my process of doing improv with actors into the animation world, which was fun.
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I've always loved stop motion animation and I particularly wanted to do stop motion with puppets that have fur, for whatever reason that is.
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Colonialism is the massive fog that has clouded our imaginations regarding who we could be, excised our memories of who we once were, and numbed our understanding of our current existence.
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Although all studios are now moving towards digitalization, a foundation in which we draw pictures by hand hasn't changed, so I foresee that we will continue to keep it in the future. After all, we used the digital method based on a conception of expanding and advancing the expression of the traditional animation cel in Steamboy. The first goal of this project was to overcome limitations of camera angles caused by platforms. On that aspect, I won't go back to the traditional method. I hoped to combine the merits of the traditional method of cel animation with the merits of the new CGI method.
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I hate thinking about what I'm doing. I wish I didn't think about it at all.
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Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight.
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Hearing 'no' a lot of times usually tells you either you're crazy or you're on the right track, and you don't know which one it is until you finally launch.
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One of my favorite things about animation is that the boundaries are as limitless as our imaginations. If we can dream it, we can make it. And if we do it well, audiences will believe it wholeheartedly.
