Bill Nighy Quotes

Going from 'Dexter' to 'Powerpuff,' there was a lot of dialogue, there was a lot of... you know, we did action, of course, but I was getting burned out on the words, and both shows had this big, thick black outline.

For me, animation is the caricature of life. It's something that we create, from the ground up.

I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.

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.

What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.

And because performing for a game involves real acting. The way they create a game is very similar now to how they create a film. I've always wanted to stretch my acting skills, and the timing being what it is, I couldn't say no.

I love the idea of animation just because it removes the actor from the character, and you can be anything. I've been devouring 'Adventure Time' and 'Archer.' I'd love to get my hands dirty on either of those shows.

When you do animation - well, straightforward animation, although it's not straightforward - the voice for a character or something, they're always singular experiences, really.

Since I was a kid, I've always been obsessed with animation.

From the moment we started working on the first 'Wreck-It Ralph,' we knew there were so many possibilities with these characters.

Doing an animation is nothing like anything you could ever experience. You get to be a kid again and just play dress up in a movie studio.

In my opinion, animation will continue to thrive as long as there are children, parents, television, movies and the need to laugh.

You can be moved by an animated film and not by a live action film. There could be great inspiration in and humanity in that animated story.

I seem to voice a lot of sweet, kind of dumb yellow characters for some reason.

Growing up, I always wanted to always be something new. I thought if I was an actress, I would have a chance at doing it all. What's incredible about this profession is every role you play; you learn a different skill set. That really appealed to me.

The nice thing about animation is that you can realise your inventions without understanding all the hard theory.

Well, luckily with animation, fantasy is your friend.

I think 'Paranorman' was a great adventure.

Characters don't belong to anyone, not even the person who plays them.

There's something about seeing this little inanimate object coming to life that's just very exciting. That's why with 'Nightmare' I held out for so long to do it.

One of the defining things about my career on camera is I like to play different characters. That gets difficult to do. People don't trust you to do something different. In animation, it's all about trust and how far can you go away from yourself. It's a really marvelous environment that's extremely creative.

If I'm serious, yes, I'd like to have done what Shakespeare did... to act and write. You learn so much from acting. One of our great writers, Alan Bennett, does both supremely well. When I write a story, I tend to speak it aloud as I'm writing it.

'Shadow Hero' was a dream to work on.

I just felt like there was a world of cartoon voices that had to be discovered by me.

The thing that I enjoy about animation is the fact that it is unbridled, and there are no boundaries; when you are in the room, you don't have to focus on your clothing, make-up, hair, your choreography or your blocking; you really do have total freedom.