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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My work is so unorthodox that from one panel to the next, the drawings are completely different... totally opposed to the way of working in something like animation, where every drawing has to look like the one before.
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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'm always astounded that people know who I am and what I do. I still have a lot of anonymity and that's good. I don't get bothered in restaurants and stuff like that. But when I'm at events that are really geared toward animation fans, they know who I am. And I'm so very pleased and so flattered by it. People are extremely complimentary to me, and that only encourages me to continue to do more really good work. I get paid by the studios, but I know I work for the fans.
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It would be awesome to know how to sing and be some sort of performer; to feed off other's people's energy is intense. The feeling they must feel would be cool. Too bad I can't sing.
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Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight.
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At first, it was really weird after being a touring stand-up comedian that wears just jeans and a shirt. But now, it's almost like when you go from Clark Kent to Superman: "All right, I've got to go put on a suit and interview Justin Trudeau." It feels like it's part of the process. Oddly enough, I've been in enough places - they sometimes send you to places that are a bit scary - that I know how to run in a suit. Like, run fast.
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Accept periods of suffering with gratitude, knowing that suffering can teach you very important lessons.
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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.
