So our films had a lot more to them than entertainment value, and I’m glad that a lot of people recognize that now. People realize now the value of them as educational. Ray Harryhausen Read Quote
I had to learn to do everything because I couldn’t find another kindred soul. Now you see eighty people listed doing the same things I was doing by myself. Ray Harryhausen Read Quote
I took courses at USC in film editing and art direction and photography when I was still in high school. Ray Harryhausen Read Quote
I was very limited in what I could do with flying saucers, because they’re just a metal disc. I had to try and put character in as if they were intelligently guided. Ray Harryhausen Read Quote
I know pretty well in the broad sense what I’m going to do, because I have to know that when we shoot the live-action, so that it’ll synchronize. Then I know pretty well when I get to the animation stage, what that scene requires. Ray Harryhausen Read Quote
Many times I felt like I’d do better than what the director did, but some of them got a little discouraged because they didn’t have full charge of making the film, and sometimes there’d be battles of egos. Ray Harryhausen Read Quote