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Stop-motion is sort of twitchy; you can feel the life in it. If we were to remove that completely, there'd be no point in it.

~Henry Selick

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I think stop-motion has always been semi-obsolete. And stop-motion animators - people like myself - love it so much that we're always going to be looking for new ways to make our films.

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Cyclops, that's like this primal fear. I had dreams for years that the Cyclops was a small creature living in our huge fish tank at home, and at night, it was going to grow to full size and come after me.

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As a director, I'm not the one animating every frame, every shot. I'm moving around like a surgeon on rounds, or a farmer checking in on all the plants being grown, pruning and adjusting. For me, it's a very exciting job.

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Very few people have made the transition from animation to live-action; I'm certainly not one.

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I feel I'm just meant to do stop-motion. Live-action is much more glamorous to some, but it's basically a whole army of people focused on one thing.

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People are very harsh critics of animated humans.

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While I was making 'Coraline' I barely got to see any films at all, so I've got a lot of catching up to do.

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There's very few people who want to just make beautiful films that make money, when they can make films that make huge money.

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There's always kids who become stop motion animators. I get stuff all the time. They put it on YouTube. It's exciting to see.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: November 30th, 1952

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