64 Quotes by Ralph Bakshi

I’m having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works.

I separate cartooning, which is fun and wacky and soulful, from illustration, which is very well-drawn and extremely uptight to look at. There’s a difference. I’m a cartoonist.

I animated 20 years at Terry Toons. It’s important to know that animators like pizza and a raise once in a while, and you’ve got to treat them with love.

I wouldn’t leave Disney to do Disney.

Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They’re boring mannerisms.

Look what Disney’s done to their animation department. There wasn’t an animator in charge of their animation unit!

My movies continue to be found and be sold because there’s something going on in them.

I’m the first to admit that I can’t be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien.

Film has to describe and show.