“It's like being the general of an army [directing a film]. You send people out to die.” PeopleFilmDiesArmy Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“When you make a movie, it's just so personal and then you put it out in front of people and it becomes something else.” PeopleFronts Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“There aren't a lot of female story artists, and it's baffling to me. There are a lot of kids in school that are female and I wonder, 'Where did they all go?' People have brought it up, asking me, 'What did you do?' I don't really know. I puttered along, did my thing and gender has really never been an issue.” PeopleKnowsStoriesKidsSchoolArtistWonderIssuesFemaleAskingGender Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“When people feel safe, they can come up with ideas. It's important to listen to the actor who is there on the stage and living it.” PeopleFeelsImportantIdeasActorsStageSafeCome Up Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“You have to make sure that people are still motivated and happy and creatively challenged so that it can all be stitched together. The voice acting starts after a lot of the storyboards are done.” PeopleStillsDoneTogetherVoiceActingMotivatedVoice Acting Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“I think it's really nice to have an authenticity, it's a huge source for us to be able to lean on people who have that knowledge.” PeopleThinkingAbleNiceHugeSourceAuthenticityReally Nice Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“One of my favorite things about the Kung Fu Panda 3 is the look of it. We never go for realism. I think a lot of time when people go for 3D that's the mistake. Because we're never going for full realism - for computer generated live action films like Avatar the goal is realism, to make the audience feel like they are seeing something that is real. Lord of the Rings had character design and environments to make it look real, whereas we aren't going for that, we are going for something that is theatrically, viscerally, and emotionally real.” PeopleThinkingFeelsLooksRealCharacterActionFilmGoalMistakeLordAudienceEnvironmentSeeingDesignComputerMy FavoriteRingsRealismFavorites ThingsKung FuAction FilmsPandasKung Fu PandaCharacter Design Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“We actually tried to put in [Kung Fu Panda 3] all the things we wanted to put into the first two films. We're all the same people who've been working on the other films and we all had things we couldn't do, and had to leave on the table. We just couldn't achieve them before. This time we have multiple new environments and different styles of animation.” PeopleFirstsTwoDifferentWantedFilmEnvironmentAchieveStyleTablesMultipleAnimationDifferent StylesKung FuPandasNew EnvironmentKung Fu Panda Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“Lots of people support me and I forget. But sometimes things happen and I remember, and they say I encourage them, it makes me feel very happy.” PeopleFeelsSometimesHappensRememberForgetSupportThings HappenVery HappySupport Me Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“I think more than being a woman is the fact that i'm an introvert. In the environment I work in people forget that i'm a woman which is wonderful it just shows what a wonderful environment i work in, no one treats me differently. They don't think that because i'm a woman i'll make decisions differently.” PeopleThinkingFactsShowsDecisionForgetEnvironmentWonderfulTreatsIntrovertBeing A Woman Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“As quiet as I am I find it amazing I can stand in front of hundreds of people now and make a speech because i've had to do it so much. I've so much support from the people around me that I can achieve something like that, crazy introvert that I am, I never would have thought that would happen.” PeopleI CanHappensSupportCrazyAchieveFrontsQuietSpeechIntrovert Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“Sometimes, you just have to go in there and bowl people over with your sheer force of will.” PeopleInspirationalSometimesForceBowlsSheerForce Of Will Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
