Quotes by Ralph Bakshi

About Ralph Bakshi:

Ralph Bakshi is an American director of animated and live-action films. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatrically released feature films, five of which he wrote. He has been involved in numerous television projects as director, writer, producer and animator.
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Cartooning at its best is a fine art. I'm a cartoonist who works in the medium of animation, which also allows me to paint my cartoons.

Ralph Bakshi

Animation is tremendously resilient. Animation will recover, as art always recovers. There's always cycles of good art.

Ralph Bakshi

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.

Ralph Bakshi

I draw what I feel, which is no more than doing my job.

Ralph Bakshi

Film has to describe and show.

Ralph Bakshi

As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks.

Ralph Bakshi

You can't second-guess yourself as a filmmaker.

Ralph Bakshi

Wizards was my homage to Tolkien in the American idiom. I had read Tolkien, understood Tolkien, and wanted to do a sort of fantasy for American kids, and that was Wizards.

Ralph Bakshi

They say I'm a revolutionary, but they're all wrong.

Ralph Bakshi

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.

Ralph Bakshi

The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them.

Ralph Bakshi

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

Ralph Bakshi

Live action writers will give you a structure, but who the hell is talking about structure? Animation is closer to jazz than some kind of classical stage structure.

Ralph Bakshi

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

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.

Ralph Bakshi

I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.

Ralph Bakshi

I miss animation very passionately. Not continuously, but every once in a while I would die to do another film.

Ralph Bakshi

I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat.

Ralph Bakshi

I am not interested in slickness for the sake of slickness.

Ralph Bakshi

Sweetheart, I'm the biggest ripped-off cartoonist in the history of the world, and that's all I'm going to say.

Ralph Bakshi

Author Bio

  • NameRalph Bakshi
  • DescriptionAnimator, filmmaker
  • BornOctober 29, 1938
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Screenwriter; Film Producer; Painter; Actor; Writer; Animator