19 Quotes by Byron Howard

If we can be the best people we are as individuals, then that's the way to change the world.

It's tough sometimes for groups of people and animals to let go of that fear that can so easily bubble back up to the surface.

We want these movies to be timeless, and we want people to really engage with the characters and find something that they can really relate to and emotionally connect with.

When I was up in Washington state, I always thought, 'I'm going to go to Los Angeles where films are made and stories are told, and they're going to love me and welcome me with open arms.' But, there was no welcoming committee.

As animation directors, you're the first one on the film; you're the last one off, and you get to learn from and touch every department throughout the whole journey. I don't know any other job in the world that's like that. I don't think live-action is like that. It's a very different sort of experience.

We thought a human city is kind of like that watering hole. It's where different groups come together and have to find ways to live and survive and cohabit and cooperate, but they may not always see eye-to-eye.

When I first heard that they were going to make 'Beauty and the Beast' at Disney, I was like, 'Oh, God, there's no way I'm going to see that movie,' because I knew what that movie was, was just two people sitting down to dinner over and over and over again. But then when I went to see it, it was like, 'Oh, they made it work.'

The people around us are at the top of their craft, and we benefit from that.

Ariel got me into animation. She was the first Disney heroine that really felt alive. She felt like a real young woman.