Conrad Vernon Quotes

United States, Voice Actor
July 11, 1968

Conrad Vernon (born July 11, 1968) is an American voice actor, director, writer and storyboard artist best known for his work on the DreamWorks animated film series Shrek as well as other films such as Monsters vs. Aliens, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted and Penguins of Madagascar. He also co-directed the adult animated film, Sausage Party, which is a spoof of his notable works in DreamWorks.

Also known as Director, Writer, Story Artist

When I was a kid, I used to stay up after 'Saturday Night Live' to watch the horror shows.

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- Up
- Live
- Night
The opportunity to re-imagine a favorite cult-classic from my high school years is an honor. Toxie is an underground icon. My favorite kind.

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- School
- High
- Opportunity

Maybe 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' didn't have a lot of visual effects in it, but most movies have some sort of visual effects.

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I wanted to do an R-rated cartoon since I watched 1981's 'Heavy Metal.'

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I'm as self-promoting as the next guy.

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- Guy
When you work in animation that's all for a family audience, as an adult you desperately want to break out of that.

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- Work
- Family
I was one of those kids who moved around a lot, but in every town I ever lived in, there was always that after-midnight horror show. It was hosted by Elvira when I lived in L.A. There were other ones. I can't remember the rest of them. They were always able to pull out the sense of humor in the movie.

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- Kids
- Remember
- Movie
I was a huge fan of monster movies.

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- Monster

Even in the Pixar and DreamWorks animated movies, there are themes that could be taken into an adult area very easily. 'Zootopia,' I think, is the closest so far; I love that movie because they really did push the envelope as far as the ideas and writing of an animated film for families.

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- Writing
- Movie
- Taken