Ralph Bakshi
Ralph Bakshi
Ralph Bakshiis 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth29 October 1938
CountryUnited States of America
Ralph Bakshi quotes about
I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
I am not interested in slickness for the sake of slickness.
My good films were independent and my bad films were not.
They say I'm a revolutionary, but they're all wrong.
Sweetheart, I'm the biggest ripped-off cartoonist in the history of the world, and that's all I'm going to say.
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.
My movies continue to be found and be sold because there's something going on in them.
Painting pictures didn't make me a lot of money. I have to eat.
You cant second-guess yourself as a filmmaker.
I miss animation very passionately. Not continuously, but every once in a while I would die to do another film.
Most of the animated films I watched, the emotions are all prepackaged like canned music, the hand actions, the sighs.