The film industry needs to find a way to bring audiences to movie theaters. It's more of a technical trick than a revolution.

- Michel Ocelot

If I need something, I just draw it, have a few friends make it move, and it exists. I enjoy this strange power. I try to be a good sorcerer, though.

- Michel Ocelot

I like to make people happy, and with fairy tales, I can say anything I want to, but in an agreeable way.

- Michel Ocelot

I'm a sorcerer because I start with nothing, and then, eventually, there is something. And I touch you, I move you, I make you laugh or cry, and you …

- Michel Ocelot

Fairy tales are my natural language. I feel at ease telling fairy tales like a fish feels in water. I am totally free.

- Michel Ocelot

Fairy tales have a hidden power, and their appeal never ends. They're the best way to get messages across.

- Michel Ocelot

I do my films the best as I can, period. I always hope that, gradually, my honest work will reach Americans.

- Michel Ocelot

France can compete with the Hollywood studios in terms of animation savoir-faire, but not in terms of box-office figures. France is a small country, …

- Michel Ocelot

I'd never make a film that I am not passionate about. My whole life, I've only made the films I wanted to make, even when I had limited means.

- Michel Ocelot