It's like being the general of an army [directing a film]. You send people out to die.
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
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 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.
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
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…
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
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.
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
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 …
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
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…
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
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 …
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
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…
A lot of the time in animation is spent getting the story right - that's something you can't rush. - Jennifer Yuh Nelson
A lot of the time in animation is spent getting the story right - that's something you can't rush.
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