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All Ralph Bakshi Quotes
I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
Ralph Bakshi
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I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.
Ralph Bakshi
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Live action writers will give you a structure, but who the hell is talking about structure? Animation is closer to jazz than some kind of classical stage structure.
Ralph Bakshi
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My movies continue to be found and be sold because there's something going on in them.
Ralph Bakshi
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I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works.
Ralph Bakshi
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One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular.
Ralph Bakshi
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Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.
Ralph Bakshi
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The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them.
Ralph Bakshi
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Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms.
Ralph Bakshi
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What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.
Ralph Bakshi
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My good films were independent and my bad films were not.
Ralph Bakshi
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I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat.
Ralph Bakshi
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Most of the animated films I watched, the emotions are all prepackaged like canned music, the hand actions, the sighs.
Ralph Bakshi
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