top of page
Quote_1.png
Ray Harryhausen

"Many times I felt like I'd do better than what the director did, but some of them got a little discouraged because they didn't have full charge of making the film, and sometimes there'd be battles of egos."

Standard 
 Customized
"Many times I felt like I'd do better than what the director did, but some of them got a little discouraged because they didn't have full charge of making the film, and sometimes there'd be battles of egos."

Exlpore more Film quotes

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"The Witch film, was one suspensed and good made one, it could be well made with some more victims... But..."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have approval over every bit of it so that they know I won't show something that's embarrassing."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"I'm not interesting enough on my own that you'd want to see a film about me."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"I always approach film as a fan."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"I mean, Tarantino is such a SHMUCK 90 percent of the time. But ten percent of the time, I've seen genius shining off the guy."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"This is unexposed film of Greenwich Village because nothing ever happens there."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"Once you have heard a strange audience burst into laughter at a film you directed, you realize what the word joy is all about."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"When I finish a film, I put it away and I never look at it again."

Explore more quotes by Ray Harryhausen

Quote_1.png
Ray Harryhausen
"So our films had a lot more to them than entertainment value, and I'm glad that a lot of people recognize that now. People realize now the value of them as educational."
Quote_1.png
Ray Harryhausen
"I prefer to work alone and do everything alone, even today."
Quote_1.png
Ray Harryhausen
"I had to learn to do everything because I couldn't find another kindred soul. Now you see eighty people listed doing the same things I was doing by myself."
Quote_1.png
Ray Harryhausen
"That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people."
Quote_1.png
Ray Harryhausen
"I took courses at USC in film editing and art direction and photography when I was still in high school."
Quote_1.png
Ray Harryhausen
"I know pretty well in the broad sense what I'm going to do, because I have to know that when we shoot the live-action, so that it'll synchronize. Then I know pretty well when I get to the animation stage, what that scene requires."
Quote_1.png
Ray Harryhausen
"I was very limited in what I could do with flying saucers, because they're just a metal disc. I had to try and put character in as if they were intelligently guided."
Quote_1.png
Ray Harryhausen
"I brought in the stories many times. I don't just do animation."
Quote_1.png
Ray Harryhausen
"Many times I felt like I'd do better than what the director did, but some of them got a little discouraged because they didn't have full charge of making the film, and sometimes there'd be battles of egos."
bottom of page