We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them.
HAYAO MIYAZAKII’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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When I start creating a villain, I start liking the villain and so the villain is not really evil.
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The future is clear. It’s going to fall apart. What’s the use in worrying? It’s inevitable.
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The greatness of a mind is determined by the depth of its suffering.
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I make films as a business, not as a cultural endeavor.
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You always have to appeal to your audience.
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I get inspiration from my everyday life.
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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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I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.
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Danger doesn’t always come from the enemy.
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I find it pointless sitting in my house not working, though I like to go on extended vacations from time to time.
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To be born means being compelled to choose an era, a place, a life. To exist here, now, means to lost the possibility of being countless other potential selves.
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As humans grew stronger, I think that we became quite arrogant, losing the sorrow of ‘we have no other choice.’
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It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.
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I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.
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We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it is not easy.
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