Every movie goes through that U-shape where you start with 'Oh that's a great idea. I love it.' Everything's possible and then you face 'Oh, we can't…

- Jennifer Yuh Nelson

If you only do what you can do, you'll never be more than you are now.I never thought i'd be where I am now, but the fact that I am is pretty cool.

- Jennifer Yuh Nelson

If you have a movie that doesn't strive to go to a certain emotional point, you can do anything and it will be fine and funny. But if you have someth…

- Jennifer Yuh Nelson

I've been drawing my whole life. My mom says my sister and I were drawing by age 1. Animation seems a real, natural extension of drawing as a way of …

- Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Aside from that i’m an introvert and i’m a quiet person. The benefit of that is I listen. It’s not like my mouth is open and I broadcast everything …

- Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Lots of people support me and I forget. But sometimes things happen and I remember, and they say I encourage them, it makes me feel very happy.

- Jennifer Yuh Nelson

I don't think about the gender thing very much. But when I speak at schools, I've had female students say to me afterwards, "I never envisioned mysel…

- Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Talking to actors is the same as talking to any other artists; it's getting into the moment for them, and making sure they can lose themselves in the…

- Jennifer Yuh Nelson

A lot of the time in animation is spent getting the story right - that's something you can't rush.

- Jennifer Yuh Nelson