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" Hand-drawn animation is something that I feel really strongly about. A Pixar movie may be really great, but it looks like it was drawn by a machine. "
Bill Plympton
Like
Great
Animation
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" I think it reflects well on the state of animation that people are knowledgeable about it and love the fantasy and imagination that goes into it. "
Bill Plympton
Imagination
Well
Think
" I'm not as successful as Pixar or Dreamworks, and that is disappointing to me, because I think my films are as valid as a Pixar film. I think there's an audience for my films. I know there's a market for someone like Quentin Tarantino, who basically does adult cartoons in live action. "
Bill Plympton
Think
Someone
Me
" I'd love to win an Oscar; that would be great. I hope to get a feature film that I've made get a wide release. I'm not sure that's ever going to happen. "
Bill Plympton
Love
Win
Great
" I look at some of my early stuff - back when I was 12 or 13 years old - and I was already doing cross-hatching back then. I don't know where I picked that up. I think I was in a hurry, and I wanted to shade something really fast, and I tried cross-hatching a shadow. "
Bill Plympton
Know
Early
Doing
" My films usually start with an idea that I get while walking the streets. For example, I got the idea for 'Guard Dog' when I was walking in the park and I saw a dog barking at a bird. "
Bill Plympton
Walking
Bird
Park
" I think it's part of the responsibility of an artist to shock, to upset, to make people think differently, and to surprise people. And that's where the good humor is, if there's a surprise and there's something unexpected. Something that's not normal, not in the realm of general living expectations. "
Bill Plympton
Responsibility
People
Good
" People used to want to be filmmakers and animators; now they want to make apps. "
Bill Plympton
Now
People
Animators
" I like to get up at six in the morning, and I draw until sometimes ten at night. "
Bill Plympton
Sometimes
Up
Morning
" I listen to Emmylou Harris. She's my favorite. I don't know why, but I just feel more creative with her playing. "
Bill Plympton
She
Creative
Listen
" Being a talented artist is good, it's nice, but it's not the most important thing. I think being a good storyteller, having a good idea, a good gag, is probably more important than being a great artist. "
Bill Plympton
Great
Nice
Think
" I don't see why it's such a stretch for distributors, buyers, and studios to put cartoon characters into adult situations on film. "
Bill Plympton
Why
Adult
Cartoon
" If I'm really feeling good and not having a lot of interruptions, I can do a minute of animation a day, so theoretically, I could do a film in three months without any interruptions. "
Bill Plympton
Three
Feeling Good
Day
" America is behind Europe and Japan in terms of accepting adult ideas in animation. "
Bill Plympton
America
Japan
Behind
" I'm very happy with the success of short films. In fact, for me, the short films make more money than the features. "
Bill Plympton
Short
Money
Success
" I love Pixar films; I think they're the greatest filmmakers in the world. I love Disney films. 'Tangled,' was great. I loved 'How to Train Your Dragon,' the Dreamworks film. But it's not for me. I don't want to make a film for families; I want to make adult films. "
Bill Plympton
Me
Think
World
" I think each film I do has less and less dialogue. It really helps a lot for foreign sales, because when I go to Europe, there's very little problem with communication. All the gags are visual. The music they can understand, and it helps communicate a lot better. "
Bill Plympton
Music
Think
Communication
" For me, the perfect film has no dialogue at all. It's purely a visual, emotional, visceral kind of experience. And I think one can create wonderful depth and meaning and communication without using words. I started out as an illustrator and a cartoonist and caricature artist, so for me the visual is primary. "
Bill Plympton
Think
Experience
Communication