Michael Laws Quotes

I try to be as clear and simple as I can be in my illustrations so that the child can tell what is going on and what the emotions are.

Walt Disney was a master of the human psychology. His sense of timing, sense of speed. In a sense, those cartoons are like Rorschach tests.

Cartoons have always been an enjoyment to me... a relaxation... I get my ideas from everyday events.

Works of art are like a Trojan horse. Under the surface is always some artist's deeply held philosophy on their view of the world. But on the other hand, you do not want to make it feel like medicine. You do not want to make it feel like an afternoon TV special where you're trying to hammer a message into someone's head.

Cinema is not just a medium of entertainment. Yes, it should entertain, but cinema is made to convey a message, to say something.

TV is great, and I love it, but to watch somebody's hand-crafted drawings on the big screen is an experience that we've forgotten as an audience, how much fun 2D can be.

A film is not a vehicle to accuse, or to relay a specific message. If we reduce a film to this, we lose all hope for cinema to ignite a richer conversation.

I believe that cinema is not only an artistic industry, but there is also a political activity.

Cartoons are probably my favorite thing to do.

Earlier films were meant only for entertainment, but now filmmakers, who are products of these times, do not compromise on real stuff. That is why storytelling has become more convincing.

I love when you get the feeling of some social reality with a fictional film.

My films are like drinking a good beer, but pleasure doesn't mean that it cannot change someone's point of view.

I want to do films that provide entertainment, but are also content-driven.

I feel the primary job of cinema is to entertain.

If you ask anyone in animation, how long they've been into animation, they'll pretty much always tell you that it's since they can remember, and I'm no exception. I've always just loved drawing and loved cartoons.

Live-action films are very much a director's medium, and that director is going to be a very strong voice, a stronger individual voice than you'd have in animation.

Like all art, nonfiction film should invite, seduce, or force us to confront the most difficult, frightening or mysterious aspects of what it means to be human.

I enjoy films like 'American Beauty' and want to do similar films that reflect our culture.

You can create something strong in art with a few notes. It is like how Aboriginal drawings have a simplicity that is incredibly rich.

Cinema is not Bible writing. It doesn't teach you morals, good values to live. Cinema is not meant for that. If you're looking at cinema that it'll tell you good values then you're mistaken.

I appreciate artistically made movies, but as an audience member, I want to be entertained, too.

Cinema has a large scope as it is a mirror of society and with the mindset changing, people are taking it more seriously.

Moving pictures can be and will be new and fresh and exciting as long as there are ideas and talent in the world.

I've been interested in cartooning all my life. I read the comics as a kid, and I did cartoons for high school publications - the newspaper and yearbook and soon. In college, I got interested in political cartooning and did political cartoons.

CGI is to me like watching a cartoon. It can be effective, if it's done well. A lot of times you don't feel any real risk. You're watching a bunch of computer-generated graphics.