64 Quotes by Ralph Bakshi

I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.

You cant second-guess yourself as a filmmaker.

One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular.

The art of cartooning is vulgarity. The only reason for cartooning to exist is to be on the edge. If you only take apart what they allow you to take apart, you're Disney. Cartooning is a low-class, for-the-public art, just like graffiti art and rap music. Vulgar but believable, that's the line I kept walking.

It's curtains for you, Mighty Mouse! This gun is so futuristic that even I don't know how it works!

Every character in each of my movies is a different side of myself.

Someone's been mean to you! Tell me who it is, so I can punch him tastefully.

John [Kricfalusi] is so arrogant. He thinks he's me!

Its all big money, high rent, high prices in New York City now. The poor people completely got rolled over. I've never seen anything like it in my life. It's disgusting.