Ray Harryhausen

“I think the fantasy film is in a sense a modern-day fairy tale.”

“CGI looks like reality, only schlocky. And it costs a fortune.”

“From the dawn of time, we have been fascinated by the monstrous.”

“Movies are a voyeuristic experience. You have to make the audience feel like they are peeking into a world they are not supposed to be in.”

“A lot of people in the business say, 'Why do you want to do fantasy? It's for children.' But fantasy is a very sophisticated genre.”

“I'm not a pusher of the medium. I'm a pusher of the story.”

“The most important thing is the story. Without a good story, all the effects in the world are worthless.”

“There's a strange quality in stop-motion photography, like in an old photograph, that has a dream-like quality. You can't get that with computer animation.”

“If you make a film about a man kidnapping a woman, that's what it is. If you make it about a gorilla kidnapping a woman, it's a fantasy.”

“I was trying to bring mythology to life.”

“The skeleton fight in 'Jason and the Argonauts' took four and a half months to shoot.”

“Some people are born with a talent for music, some for painting. I was born with a talent for animating skeletons.”

“I see my work as a form of sculpture. The figures are sculpted, and then they're brought to life through animation.”

“Medusa was my favorite creation. She was a real challenge to animate because of all the snakes.”