John Landis Quotes

The whole reason Sabrina came about was because we wanted something good for families to watch on TV.

'The Lego Movie?' I've never heard of it.

I like being in kids' movies, and I like being in family movies.

Well, we certainly weren't making a cartoon show for kids. It was a completely different kind of idea.

One of the head guys at Disney categorically said to me, 'We don't want to make children's films any more. We want to make films that are going to appeal to all quadrants.' Hence you have films like 'Shrek' and all the Pixar stuff, which is designed to suit everybody.

A good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself.

'Blues Clues' has been incredibly good to me, and I've been working so hard on it for so long that I take it very personally. I wouldn't want to do anything to jeopardize what so many kids love. So there's a lot of responsibility there.

Just because your ad looks good is no insurance that it will get looked at. How many people do you know who are impeccably groomed... but dull?

I grew up, probably like a lot of people, on cartoons. And I never thought I would have the chance to be in an animated movie. It's good also to show the world my sweet side with them.

'How To Train your Dragon 2' is an amazing film. I think it's an extraordinary film. The animation in it is fantastic.

Walt Disney wasn't making films for kids. Neither were the Muppets. A lot of the great, really cool films, they weren't making them for kids.

I can't go and shoot people in the back of the head because It's a kids' movie, which is actually quite a good test because you haven't got the overt threat of a knife in the face.

If you make a record, you should ask yourself, 'Did it make someone cry, in a good way, not a bad way?' There should almost be subjective emotional criteria for evaluating work, instead of just profitability.

I've made over 25 studio albums, and I think probably I've made two real stinkers in my time, and some not-bad albums, and some really good albums. I'm proud of what I've done. In fact it's been a good ride.

I used to want covers that represented the book's contents very closely and were also pretty. Many folks automatically believe that this is what makes a good cover. But I've changed my mind about this. While the cover should not lie (by implication or outright), its job is simply to say: 'Pick me up!' to someone who might like the book.

There have been records I've been really, really pleased with that haven't connected with people. But I felt good about them.

A lot of my income has been derived from voicing Disney and family programming.

As a mother, I've seen a lot of animated movies, and, I've got to say, there's so much crap out there for children.

I remember seeing the first LEGO movie, almost skeptically. People were like, 'You should really see it!' And I was like, 'A LEGO movie?' And then, I was like, 'This is really good!'

I would love to make a kids' movie. But they are very hard to make.

I would love to be the voice of a cartoon character in a movie for my kids. I think that would be fun.

When you set out to do a show about a sponge, you can't anticipate this kind of craze. We just try to make ourselves laugh, then ask ourselves if it's appropriate for children.

I don't think that a film that has children in it necessarily needs to be a children's film.

'Kochadaiyaan' is a fantasy film. It will attract not only children but everyone.

It was one of those pictures that children are supposed to like but don't. Full of endearing little animals doing endearing things, you know?