I’m not going to make movies that tell children, “You should despair and run away”.
HAYAO MIYAZAKII think 2-D animation disappeared from Disney because they made so many uninteresting films.
More Hayao Miyazaki Quotes
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In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But society had changed, and they no longer felt that way.
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When I say ‘hero’, do not picture someone with strength to fight and conquer evil – because evil is not something that can ever be conquered or defeated. Evil is natural. It is innate in all humans.
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I think that’s exactly why the fantasy worlds of cartoon movies so strongly represent our hopes and yearnings. They illustrate a world of lost possibilities for us.
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When I start creating a villain, I start liking the villain and so the villain is not really evil.
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We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them.
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I get inspiration from my everyday life.
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In this world of ours, the sparrow must live like a hawk if he is to fly at all.
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If you’re going to retire, retire early.
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Nobody has the right to sit in judgment and decide what’s good or bad for you.
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I want to portray a slightly different relationship, one where the two mutually inspire each other to live.
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Whoever falls, hatred will breed hatred.
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There cannot be a happy ending to the fight between the raging gods and humans.
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There are so many things we can’t do anything about if we think about generalities
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You always have to appeal to your audience.
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I’ve become skeptical of the unwritten rule that just because a boy and girl appear in the same feature, a romance must ensue.
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