Hayao Miyazaki Quotes

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Hayao Miyazaki

Profession : Director

Birth : January 5, 1941

I never read reviews. I'm not interested. But I value a lot the reactions of the spectators.

Hayao Miyazaki

I do all my work by storyboard, so as I draw the storyboard, the world gets more and more complex, and as a result, my North, South, East, West directions kind of shift and go off base, but it seems like my staff as well as the audience, doesn't quite realize that this has happened. Don't tell them about it.

Hayao Miyazaki

When a man is shooting a handgun, it's just like he is shooting because that's his job, and he has no other choice. It's no good. When a girl is shooting a handgun, it's really something.

Hayao Miyazaki

If you're going to retire, retire early.

Hayao Miyazaki

All my films are all my children.

Hayao Miyazaki

I can't stand modern movies. The images are too weird and eccentric for me.

Hayao Miyazaki

I wish I was better at art. I love some of the great artists of the 19th century and, compared to them, I just feel I lack this technique that they had. They have so much skill.

Hayao Miyazaki

I'm not a collector.

Hayao Miyazaki

I can't do a film after having debated it. I am unable to do a film while discussing it with my team. I issue directives. I do not achieve it otherwise.

Hayao Miyazaki

We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them.

Hayao Miyazaki

Currently computer graphics are used a great deal, but it can be excessive.

Hayao Miyazaki

People in Japan have experienced many tsunamis and various earthquakes throughout the ages.

Hayao Miyazaki