Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones
Charles Martin "Chuck" Joneswas an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio. He directed many classic animated cartoon shorts starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Pepé Le Pew, Porky Pig and a slew of other Warner characters...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth21 September 1912
CitySpokane, WA
CountryUnited States of America
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All of a sudden long-term growth rate expectations have ratcheted down,
Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life
All worthwhile endeavors are 90% work and 10% love, and only the love should show.
All of you here have one hundred thousand bad drawings in you. The sooner you get rid of them, the better it will be for everyone.
Once you have heard a strange audience burst into laughter at a film you directed, you realize what the word joy is all about.
Eschew the ordinary, disdain the commonplace
A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together.
You've got a million bad drawings in you; you better get started.
The close-up, according to D.W. Griffith, allows subtle changes of facial expression-the raising of an eyebrow or the flicker of a smile-to become part of the action.
You have a coyote inside you and you have to get it out
Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you.