Quotes by Don Bluth

About Don Bluth:

Donald Virgil "Don" Bluth is an American animator, film director, producer, writer, production designer, video game designer and animation instructor who is known for directing animated films including The Secret of NIMH (1982), An American Tail (1986), The Land Before Time (1988), All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), and Anastasia (1997), and his involvement in the laserdisc game Dragon's Lair. He is also known for competing with former employer Walt Disney Productions during the years leading up to the films that would make up the Disney Renaissance. He is the older sibling of illustrator Toby Bluth.
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If the machines can take the drudgery out of it and just leave us with the joy of drawing, then that's the best of both worlds - and I'll use those computers!

Don Bluth

When business executives are making the artistic decisions and don't understand animation, things can go awry.

Don Bluth

You just can't keep pouring money down an endless hole and never recoup any of it. It's got to be a business.

Don Bluth

The only one that seems to be able to hold the business is Disney. They do it is because they have a fabulous philosophy about marketing- but even they wavered.

Don Bluth

It's whatever sells; it's the business of it.

Don Bluth

We started getting the script to different people and we were in the business of trying to fund it so we could get it off and running, and all the characters and sets designed and everything.

Don Bluth

I have never seen a game's graphics look so sharp and clean. The sound design for the game is also unique on the Xbox. The memory on this system allowed us to provide the user with 5.1 Dolby surround sound for home theatre owners.

Don Bluth

Basically the children who watch it just see the little characters they love, and so they're not discerning about whether it looks great or it's a great story or anything.

Don Bluth

I think the work that they do and the style of 3D graphics is absolutely fabulous and I think it's a great brush to use for some stories. And there are other brushes that I think are exclusive to a different kind of story.

Don Bluth

With movies, you are always in search is a good story, one that everyone will relate to and love. I love finding those stories and creating a visual world to tell the story.

Don Bluth

If you look at the game and everything, it's not quite like looking at an animated film, because that's total character. This, this is really movement, but it's got funny little things if you look for the humor. They're actually getting to the charac...

Don Bluth

We'd love to do Space Ace 3D. It has a lot of potential. But, it is really up to the publishers.

Don Bluth

I think we have to bottom out. When the studios jump out of the ring, perhaps the artist can get back in.

Don Bluth

You've got to be able to make animation for much less... Less is not the studio's way.

Don Bluth

In the animation world, people who understand pencils and paper usually aren't computer people, and the computer people usually aren't the artistic people, so they always stand on opposite sides of the line.

Don Bluth

I prefer that animation reach into places where live action doesn't go, and it seems like all of animation nowadays is trying to go where live action is.

Don Bluth

It just seems like the whole, overall animation world is trying to go where maybe animation doesn't belong.

Don Bluth

The heart of Dragon's Lair has always been its compelling story. With Dragon's Lair 3D, we think the team has really created an interactive animated movie.

Don Bluth

Dragon's Lair 3D is about as close as you can come to controlling an animated feature film.

Don Bluth

As you follow the escapades or the journey of the hero through a story, it evokes some kind of emotion in the viewers. The director's job is to make sure that the audience goes through the journey and has an emotional reaction.

Don Bluth

Author Bio

  • NameDon Bluth
  • DescriptionAmerican animator
  • BornSeptember 13, 1937
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Screenwriter; Film Producer; Animator