Henry Selick People Quotations

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

People are very harsh critics of animated humans.

There's this long tradition of... even 'Where The Wild Things Are,' which many people consider the best kids' picture book of all time. It was considered revolutionary, and some libraries wouldn't carry it. But it's a classic because it taps into empowerment for kids, kids facing dangers and winning.

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.

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.

People are always telling me that boys won't go to girls' movies and vice versa. It's not true.

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

I learned my lesson that in the live-action world, you have to earn the support of people over a very, very long time. And in animation, I already have the support.

There's definitely the desire out there for young people who want to make the movies.

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

People spend the money where the money is. Nightmare never goes away.