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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

Topics: Barking Bird Dog Example Films For Example Get Got Guard Idea Park Saw Start Streets Walking While

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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

Topics: Artist Caricature Cartoonist Communication Create Depth Dialogue Emotional Experience Film Illustrator Kind Me Meaning Out Perfect Primary Purely Started Think Using Visceral Visual Without Wonderful Words I Think

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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

Topics: Fact Features Films Happy In Fact Make Me Money More Short Short Films Success Than Very

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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

Topics: About Animation Fantasy Goes Imagination Knowledgeable Love People Reflects State Think Well I Think

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America is behind Europe and Japan in terms of accepting adult ideas in animation.

~Bill Plympton

Topics: Accepting Adult America Animation Behind Europe Ideas Japan Terms

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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

Topics: Adult Buyers Cartoon Characters Distributors Film Put See Situations Stretch Studios Why

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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

Topics: Artist Being Gag Good Good Idea Great Great Artist Having Idea Important Important Thing More Most Most Important Thing Nice Storyteller Talented Than The Most Important Thing Think I Think

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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

Topics: About Animation Drawn Feel Great Like Looks Machine May Movie Pixar Really Something Strongly I Feel

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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

Topics: Back Doing Early Fast Hurry Know Look Old Picked Really Shade Shadow Some Something Stuff Then Think Tried Up Wanted Where Years I Think I Tried

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People used to want to be filmmakers and animators; now they want to make apps.

~Bill Plympton

Topics: Animators Apps Filmmakers Make Now People Used Want

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: April 30th, 1946

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