100 Quotes by Genndy Tartakovsky

I love to have contrast.

My love of visual sequences stems from live-action films like Sergio Leone westerns, Kurosawa, some '70s action films, Tex Avery, and my general love of animated movement.

Going from 'Dexter' to 'Powerpuff,' there was a lot of dialogue, there was a lot of... you know, we did action, of course, but I was getting burned out on the words, and both shows had this big, thick black outline.

I can't tell you how satisfying it is to have something that is your own idea get produced and then become successful.

I'm not sure comics sustain mortgage, and the house, and three kids.

I read comics because of the art.

Besides kind of like the Wes Anderson, or, of course, a lot of the European movies, most everybody in the States, the big studios, make pretty much the same film. And we're kind of held to Pixar standards, or Disney standards, as it's kind of always been in the animation industry.

Humor is the hardest thing to do. Action is so much easier, because you're just trying to establish the mood, and a pacing, and a rhythm, and an energy. Where, in humor, comedy is so subjective.

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.