Ray Harryhausen Quotes

"That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people."
-Ray Harryhausen

"I was never restricted. I was never told what to do."
-Ray Harryhausen

"A lot of people thought my work was very tedious, and it can be if you look at it from that point of view, but I never looked upon it as tedious."
-Ray Harryhausen

"I brought in the stories many times. I don't just do animation."
-Ray Harryhausen

"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

"I prefer to work alone and do everything alone, even today."
-Ray Harryhausen

"I was going to Columbia Pictures and Eastman Kodak had a class going for cameramen. I signed up to be a field cameraman. I showed this film to my professor and he showed it to Frank Capra."
-Ray Harryhausen

"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