Joe Murray Quotes

Animator

Joe Murray is a talented animator born on May 3, 1961. He is renowned for his unique animation style and profound understanding of the art form. Murray is recognized for his contributions to works such as 'Conan and Gabriel' and 'Ricky the Rickety'.

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“I am constantly getting letters from inconsistancies in the back stories of these characters.”

Character Stories Letters

Author:Joe Murray

“Sometimes a serendipitous reaction occurs when a network asks you if you have any ideas for a series, at a time when your creative flow is working in that direction.”

Ifs Ideas Sometimes Asks Creative Flow Series Reactions

Author:Joe Murray

“I do not feel any artist can produce great art without putting great personality into it. It is always a piece of you that goes on the screen or the canvass.”

Feels Art Artist Pieces Produce Goes On Personality Screens Artistic Great Art Great Person Great Personality

Author:Joe Murray

“Two days prior to the Herrick operation I repaired a double cleft lip, resected a recurrent cancer of the mouth, corrected lop ears in a child, and closed a burn of the buttocks.”

Children Two Mouths Ears Lips Cancer Operations Two Days Buttocks

Author:Joe Murray

“When I speak to students and they ask how much money you can make in art, as if that is a reason to persue it, I tell them to do something else.”

Ifs Art Reason Asks Speak Students

Author:Joe Murray

“I think cheese smells funny, but I feel bananas "are" funny. I'm assuming Swamp told the whole story of the executives seriously asking us to replace the banana with cheese because they thought it was funnier.”

Thinking Feels Whole Stories Asking Assuming Smell Executives Cheese Bananas Cheesy Swamps

Author:Joe Murray

“When an executive walked on our floor, it was at their own risk. As far as what others thought of working for me, I know I was very tough at times, and would storm down the hall after watching some bad animation from Korea. But overall, I feel we had a good time.”

Knows Feels Risk Tough Storm Good Times Executives Halls Animation Korea Had A Good Time

Author:Joe Murray

“Since this was the first and only series I had ever produced, I was unaware of what the "Normal" environment was for a studio. I tried to run it as I did in my SF studio.”

Firsts Running Environment Normal Series Studios Hypnosis

Author:Joe Murray

“I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements.”

Firsts Stills Memories Saws Elements Tables Excitement Vivid Periodic Table Vivid Memories

Author:Joe Murray

“I had worked on dogs for a couple of years developing a renal transplant operation. We had dogs running around with kidneys we had transplanted back into themselves.”

Years Running Dog Couple Developing Operations Kidneys Transplants

Author:Joe Murray

“Somebody said us artists have trouble with success because art is derived from struggle. I disagree with that, because truely doing your art is success, whether you make money from it or not.”

Art Said Artist Struggle Trouble Art Is Making Money Disagree

Author:Joe Murray

“With Charles Woods, it was the first time I had ever seen tissue from a dead person used to save a human life. It piqued my curiosity.”

Firsts Humans Persons Used First Time Curiosity Woods Human Life Tissues

Author:Joe Murray

“The friend that I based Heffer on was adopted, and it all played into his total personality.”

Personality Adopted

Author:Joe Murray

“Post-operatively the transplanted kidney functioned immediately with a dramatic improvement in the patient's renal and cardiopulmonary status.”

Patient Improvement Posts Dramatic Spectacular Kidneys Life Saving

Author:Joe Murray

“Anyone who knows me, knows I don't walk away from a commitment, but I had a commitment to myself. Yes, there were times Nickelodeon made it more difficult than it needed to be, but there were also times they made it easier.”

Knows Made Difficult Walks Needed Easier Commitment Made It Know Me Nickelodeon

Author:Joe Murray

“More and more, I tend to read history. I often find it more up to date than the daily newspapers.”

History Newspapers Up To Date

Author:Joe Murray

“The world turns on a dime, the same now as it always has — which is to say, money makes the world go 'round. It's also what makes the world go spinning out of control.”

World Turns Money Rounds Spinning Dimes Spinning Out Of Control

Author:Joe Murray

“Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps.”

Should Marriage Best Love Duets

Author:Joe Murray

“We're the real estate industry - not the manufacturers.”

Real Industry Estates

Author:Joe Murray

“Removal of an organ is difficult and dangerous. There have been several deaths of healthy donors. I think myself, I would be hesitant to participate as a liver donor. It's a very tricky operation.”

Thinking Has Beens Would Be Difficult Dangerous Healthy Operations Organs Tricky Liver Removal Donors Hesitant

Author:Joe Murray

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Born: May 3, 1961
Known for: Animator
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