The only purpose of the visuals, in any film, is to serve the story.

- Don Hertzfeldt

I still have the same outlook on things that I did 10, 20 years ago. As an animator, there’s no career path that you can follow; there’s very few peo…

- Don Hertzfeldt

Maybe the most annoying questions is: "Where do you see yourself in so many years?" It's a terrifying answer no matter how you think of it.

- Don Hertzfeldt

Traditionally, digital projects, when you project them, they get really washed out. It's complicated stuff with gamma, but basically your blacks get …

- Don Hertzfeldt

If an audience finds themselves paying attention to how you made your film, you're sunk because that means they're unplugged from your story. What ma…

- Don Hertzfeldt

To be animating at the same time, it's the ultimate freedom in filmmaking because you can literally put anything on the screen that you can imagine.

- Don Hertzfeldt

Usually the more money that something takes to make, the less interesting it's forced to become.

- Don Hertzfeldt

I'd love to start some movements. What I'm tired of is irony, and sarcasm, and music/movies/what have you, not having the guts to mean anything.

- Don Hertzfeldt

You have to leave the window open for better classes to come along as you go. You can't grow too proud of your script. You have to let the thing shap…

- Don Hertzfeldt