Ray Harryhausen Quotes

I was very limited in what I could do with flying saucers, because they`re just a metal disc. I had to try and put character in as if they were intelligently guided.

So our films had a lot more to them than entertainment value, and I`m glad that a lot of people recognize that now. People realize now the value of them as educational.

That`s why I never became a director. I never had patience with people.

I prefer to work alone and do everything alone, even today.

I brought in the stories many times. I don`t just do animation.

I took courses at USC in film editing and art direction and photography when I was still in high school.

I had to learn to do everything because I couldn`t find another kindred soul. Now you see eighty people listed doing the same things I was doing by myself.

I know pretty well in the broad sense what I`m going to do, because I have to know that when we shoot the live-action, so that it`ll synchronize. Then I know pretty well when I get to the animation stage, what that scene requires.

Many times I felt like I`d do better than what the director did, but some of them got a little discouraged because they didn`t have full charge of making the film, and sometimes there`d be battles of egos.

I was never restricted. I was never told what to do.

A lot of people thought my work was very tedious, and it can be if you look at it from that point of view, but I never looked upon it as tedious.