Lucy Liu Quotes

I've loved all forms of animation.

I love 'Spirited Away,' that's a huge one.

I was an avid anime watcher until I was about 10, when I moved to manga. I think I am influenced by Osamu Tezuka's and Walt Disney's works which I watched during that time, such as Tetsuwan Atom and 101 Dalmatians.

'Dragonball' is the coolest television cartoon in the last 50,000 years.

Animation has completely changed, and I've always been a big fan.

I'd forgotten I'd done the anime called Spirited Away, the English version of a Japanese film.

I love great animation.

I do enjoy animated movies. I really love anime and movies like 'Spirited Away' and 'Howl's Moving Castle.'

Comic-strip stuff isn't really my cup of tea, really.

I took a lot of influences from Studio Ghibli, which is the Japanese animation studio that made 'Spirited Away' and 'Castle in the Sky.' They're like the Japanese version of Disney - but without all the schmaltz.

Anybody in animation today would be lying if they said they weren't somehow influenced by 'The Simpsons' to a certain degree. Except for the shows that go out of their way to look as far from 'The Simpsons' as possible.

I watch a lot of Disney.

The identity of Studio Ghibli movies are how the characters move. They move like live, real people.

I love 'Princess Mononoke,' 'My Neighbour Totoro.'

Miyazaki is a genius. He is the legend.

When I was in my early 20s, I was quite into Japanese animation. It's like the same thing that I end up always saying which is, imagery based stuff is the thing that really gets me.

You'll see why, in animation circles, Miyazaki himself is considered one of the gods.

Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature.

Doing narration is a totally different art form. I do some video games, and some that I've done are iconic.

Ghibli is about craftsmanship. They draw characters and put life in it.

There's no such thing as a bad Miyazaki film.

There are so many sitcoms, especially in animation, that we've almost forgotten what animation was about - movement and visuals.

If you call making people smile with 'The Pink Panther,' then I made a contribution.

In 'Space Dandy,' I'm trying to challenge myself and do stuff I haven't done before. I'm aiming for a really funny, cool, and crazy creation.

The first I paid to see with my own money was 'Laputa Castle In The Sky.' And I was like, wow! I really shocked by it. So I want to make movies that have a similar impact on the audience to that.