Ray Harryhausen Quotes

That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people. - 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. - Ray Harryhausen

Medusa was fascinating to work with because I gave her a snake's body so that she could pull herself with her hands which gave her a very creepy aura. I didn't want to animate cosmic gowns. Most Medusas you see in the classics have flowing robes which would be mad to even try to animate. - 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. - 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. - Ray Harryhausen

I was never restricted. I was never told what to do. - Ray Harryhausen

I took courses at USC in film editing and art direction and photography when I was still in high school. - Ray Harryhausen

I prefer to work alone and do everything alone, even today. - 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. - Ray Harryhausen

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