The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them. – Ralph Bakshi
Cartooning at its best is a fine art. I’m a cartoonist who works in the medium of animation, which also allows me to paint my cartoons. – Ralph Bakshi
Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They’re boring mannerisms. – Ralph Bakshi
I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm’s Deep as the final sequence. – Ralph Bakshi
Look what Disney’s done to their animation department. There wasn’t an animator in charge of their animation unit! – Ralph Bakshi
Sweetheart, I’m the biggest ripped-off cartoonist in the history of the world, and that’s all I’m going to say. – Ralph Bakshi
I’m the first to admit that I can’t be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien. – Ralph Bakshi
I miss animation very passionately. Not continuously, but every once in a while I would die to do another film. – Ralph Bakshi
I’m having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works. – Ralph Bakshi
One of the best animated films I’ve seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn’t crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan’s face, but the traditional animation was spectacular. – Ralph Bakshi
I animated 20 years at Terry Toons. It’s important to know that animators like pizza and a raise once in a while, and you’ve got to treat them with love. – Ralph Bakshi
My movies continue to be found and be sold because there’s something going on in them. – Ralph Bakshi
Live action writers will give you a structure, but who the hell is talking about structure? Animation is closer to jazz than some kind of classical stage structure. – Ralph Bakshi
Wizards was my homage to Tolkien in the American idiom. I had read Tolkien, understood Tolkien, and wanted to do a sort of fantasy for American kids, and that was Wizards. – Ralph Bakshi
Lord of the Rings made me realize that I’m not interested in doing anyone else’s work. – Ralph Bakshi
As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings – not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks. – Ralph Bakshi
I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat. – Ralph Bakshi
Most of the animated films I watched, the emotions are all prepackaged like canned music, the hand actions, the sighs. – Ralph Bakshi
I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don’t know how Jackson ended up with the rights. – Ralph Bakshi
What’s most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I’m a great believer of energy and emotion. – Ralph Bakshi
