Gore Verbinski Quotes

Animation is a technique, not a genre.

I think when you get people who are really talented and you take them out of their comfort zone, you get a lot more out of them.

Life is cruel. Why should the afterlife be any different!

My respect for animators and animation directors has gone way, way up and it is just not something you can phone in.

I think my parents gave me a love of learning; from there you set out on your own path.

I think people imagine going back to a time when they knew who they were and they knew what the circumstances were - if you screwed up it was your fault.

The curse is an incredible set of blue balls.

Drama is drama, and it's really... if it's something small, you put a magnifying glass up to it; if it's something big, you use a wide lens.

Reading in a sound booth seems very strange. Everyone has a process they are comfortable with; this was uncomfortable for me.

I think comedy is drama, often. It's hard to have comedy over a period of time - commercials are one thing, but over a period of time - comedy and tragedy go hand in hand.

I'd love to do a PG-13 animated adventure. It would be great.

I like horror movies, and in fact I like them even more now after making one. I just think they're much more liberating because you don't really have to apply a very strict logic.

I think you can never ever lie, ever. If you don't know, say, 'I don't know'.

Nothing's occurring in animation - you manufacture everything.

I always wanted to do an animated movie. I find it to be incredibly liberating as a way of telling a story.

I just think it's growth when you pursue something you're not sure you can do.

I'd like to think that if you find your audience there are still opportunities there to go and tell an original story.

There is a sense that animated movies are suddenly a genre. I just don't believe they are; it's a technique to tell a story.

It's a mistake for Hollywood to impose themselves on the gaming space. Not only is it arrogant, but it hasn't really worked.

All the traditional westerns are about choice and the individual. When progress comes it's much more difficult to define the individual in that world.

I think audiences ultimately want something new. I think the business model for a franchise is such that it's very low risk because you have data and studios love data.

It's always good to keep people guessing.

I want to diagnose the audience a bit and then offer a cure.

Everyone always wants to find the answer, to feel that things are resolved. But in dreams, maybe there isn't an answer so much.

I find it ironic that fear is eliminating the possibility to tell stories that depict our ability to overcome fear