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…

- Ray Harryhausen

One film critic back in the early days said "It's a pity Mr. Harryhausen didn't animated the actors, too."

- Ray Harryhausen

Animation had been used only for things like King Kong and the destruction of cities, which was very popular in the 1950s. I got tired of destroying …

- Ray Harryhausen

When you put a big budget into a film, it doesn't necessarily mean it will be a better picture, but it does help in creating new images on the screen.

- Ray Harryhausen

The whole point of making a film is to tell a story. That seems to be forgotten. Many films today just rely on special effects and they have an explo…

- Ray Harryhausen

You could believe that Sinbad could fight a skeleton because that's from a period in the past, a magical period. But if you had James Bond fighting a…

- Ray Harryhausen

The whole point of making a film is to tell a story.

- 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. The…

- Ray Harryhausen

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

- Ray Harryhausen