Quotesia
Home
Authors
Popular authors
Bennett Cerf
Helen Hayes
Robert Half
William Wordsworth
Blaise Pascal
George Will
All authors
Today's birthdays
1207 - Rumi
1928 - Elie Wiesel
1980 - Virgil Abloh
1947 - Marc Bolan
1980 - Toni Trucks
2003 - Bella Ramsey
Today's birthdays
Popular professions
Clergyman
Chef
President
Aviator
Philosopher
Artist
All professions
Authors by letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
All authors
Topics
Top Quotes
Quotesia
Quotes by nationalities
Quotes by russian authors
Quotes by russian authors
I can't tell you how satisfying it is to have something that is your own idea get produced and then become successful.
Genndy Tartakovsky
You
Become
Own
Tell
Something
Idea
How
Get
Then
Produced
Successful
Your
Satisfying
I really loved that old UPA stuff, like 'Gerald McBoing-Boing' and 'Mr. Magoo.' They were simple yet effective 'toons that talked to everyone, not just kids.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Simple
Old
Everyone
Kids
Stuff
Like
Talked
Were
Effective
Just
Loved
Really
I'm not sure comics sustain mortgage, and the house, and three kids.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Three
Kids
Mortgage
House
Sure
Comics
Sustain
I read comics because of the art.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Art
Read
Because
Comics
The last thing you want to do is blend in. You want to stand out, and hopefully in a good way.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Good
You
Way
Out
Hopefully
Good Way
Blend
Want
Stand
Thing
Last
And there is no finer moment, when I sit in a screening, and the parents and the kids are all laughing at the same gag.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Parents
Sit
Kids
Laughing
Finer
Same
Screening
Gag
Moment
I've done a lot of dance sequences because I like them; I like to animate dancing because it's fun and visual.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Dance
Dancing
Visual
Animate
Like
Because
Lot
Done
Them
Fun
Jim Gaffigan is someone I've always been a fan of.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Jim
Someone
Always
Been
Fan
I was really fortunate in my career where I always had executives who were very like-minded.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Had
Executives
Always
Were
Very
Where
Really
Fortunate
Who
Career
If you have a character who wins all the time - well, if you have a character that loses and wins, it makes him more alive. Bugs Bunny, for example, didn't always win.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Time
Character
You
Win
Example
Alive
More
Wins
For Example
Well
Him
Bugs
Makes
Always
Loses
Bunny
Who
'Samurai' is not an animated show like you would normally watch on TV. We tell the stories from a different perspective - backward, very nonlinear. It treats it more seriously as an art form.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Art
You
Perspective
Seriously
Backward
Tell
TV
Would
More
Animated
Like
Nonlinear
Art Form
Very
Normally
Different
Form
Stories
Samurai
Different Perspective
Show
Watch
Treats
For me, CG tends to feel watered down and it becomes cold because it's so perfect.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Me
Down
Cold
Perfect
Tends
Feel
Because
Becomes
Watered
TV is great, and I love it, but to watch somebody's hand-crafted drawings on the big screen is an experience that we've forgotten as an audience, how much fun 2D can be.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Love
Great
Experience
Somebody
Big
Drawings
TV
Audience
How
How Much
Big Screen
Forgotten
Screen
Much
Fun
Watch
I feel like animation's stagnant. There's not much that's trying to push the artform, and so, for me, I'm way too critical about it.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Me
Too
Way
Critical
About
Push
Animation
Feel
Like
Trying
Stagnant
Much
I'm super comfortable with TV, especially in my situation where I pretty much have 100% freedom. That's the ideal, and I've been fortunate in TV to have pretty much everything I've done be at least somewhat successful.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Freedom
Situation
Everything
TV
Super
Pretty
Somewhat
Ideal
Comfortable
Least
Been
Done
Where
Much
Successful
Fortunate
I try not to be in my head too much, I just try to do what feels right.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Try
Too Much
Too
Head
Feels
Just
Much
Right
Well I grew up following most of the major titles like 'Fantastic Four,' 'Spider-Man,' 'Avengers,' etc. But I had also a lot of love for the smaller titles like 'Master of Kung Fu,' 'Black Panther,' 'The Defenders,' 'Inhumans,' and of course Power-Man and Iron Fist.'
Genndy Tartakovsky
Love
Black
Master
Panther
Spider-Man
Following
Had
Smaller
Major
Like
Most
Also
Well
Course
Kung
Kung Fu
Fist
Lot
Up
Iron
Grew
Etc
Titles
Fantastic
Avengers
Four
Defenders
For me, I'm not a great wordsmith, and so maybe from lack of great dialogue writing, I thought it's easier and better to express a story through visuals.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Great
Me
Writing
Better
Thought
Easier
Visuals
Through
Dialogue
Lack
Maybe
Story
Express
Through the years, I've developed a style or a language that I like, even when it applies to action. All my action principles are very similar to my cartoony principles, because all the poses want to be really strong.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Strong
Language
Style
Action
Similar
Through
Developed
Like
Principles
Because
Years
Very
Want
Really
Even
Poses
My goal is to always try to make you feel something, whether that's humor or sadness or excitement, and to try to manipulate screen space.
Genndy Tartakovsky
You
Sadness
Try
Space
Humor
Something
Excitement
Feel
Make
Always
Goal
Screen
Whether
Manipulate
One night I was sick and I watched the old black and white 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers.' And it freaked me out.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Me
Old
Black
Black And White
White
Sick
Out
Freaked
One-Night
Invasion
Body
Watched
Night
Being a hardcore old-school comic book lover, it took me a while to accept the need for comic book movies.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Me
Book
Lover
Took
Accept
Comic
Comic Book
Being
While
Movies
Hardcore
Need
Storytelling has changed. Shows like 'Adventure Time' have taken storytelling in a different direction.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Time
Changed
Direction
Taken
Adventure
Like
Different
Storytelling
Shows
I'm a very happy, optimistic person.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Happy
Very
Optimistic
Optimistic Person
Person
TV is all about schedule and budget, and you're always fighting that.
Genndy Tartakovsky
You
Fighting
TV
About
Schedule
Budget
Always
I don't want to do animation to mimic reality. I want to push reality.
Genndy Tartakovsky
Reality
Mimic
Push
Animation
Want
Load more quotes