A biography for Genndy Tartakovskyhasn’t been written yet.
“Making a feature like 'Hotel 3' or 'Hotel 2' is kind of fun and jokey. It doesn't take itself too seriously. You could do whatever you want, basically.”
“There's a lot of comic book inspiration and stuff I do that people probably won't recognize. I grew up in the '70s, so there's a lot of little things, like 'Three's Company' and 'Gilligan's Island.' Those shows were the foundation of my comedy in a way.”
“Doing simple flip books, I used to get such a kick out of it, just drawings and nothing else.”
“TV is all about schedule and budget, and you're always fighting that.”
“TV is great, and I love it, but to watch somebody's hand-crafted drawings on the big screen is an experience that we've forgotten as an audience, how much fun 2D can be.”
“I used to work until two in the morning every night, then still get up at six. Now, I have to help my daughter with her homework, spend time with my wife.”
“I remember seeing my first Disney film when I was 13 or 14. It was 'Jungle Book,' and I remember really falling in love with it.”
“For whatever reason, I think we have one type of animated movie and it's so wrong. I want to do a drama, I want to do an action, a comedy. In live-action, there are all sorts of movies. There's independent movies, big movies, action movies, funny movies, and for us we have one movie.”
“Jazz flute's funny. And I'm a big Latin music fan, Tito Puente, Tina Cruz, all that stuff.”
“We use music, cinematic storytelling and very stylized backgrounds to create mood and atmosphere as 'Samurai Jack' travels an exotic landscape. The environment is a major character in each show.”
“Well I grew up following most of the major titles like 'Fantastic Four,' 'Spider-Man,' 'Avengers,' etc. But I had also a lot of love for the smaller titles like 'Master of Kung Fu,' 'Black Panther,' 'The Defenders,' 'Inhumans,' and of course Power-Man and Iron Fist.'”
“There's nothing like watching hand-drawn animation on the big screen.”
“I've done a lot of dance sequences because I like them; I like to animate dancing because it's fun and visual.”
“I don't like darkness in everything. I like my superheroes in primary colors, and fun.”
“Definitely that was a big part of my childhood: wanting to fit. As an immigrant, you talk funny, you look funny, you smell funny. I wanted to do nothing but fit in and talk English and sit with everybody else.”
“The computer tends to equalize everything, all the movies are slowly blending together, the way they look.”
“Boarding for me, like in the days of 'Dexter,' was really hard, because I couldn't draw as well, and I had people around me who drew really well, so it was hard.”
“Luckily, as a director I can just tell people what I need and I don't need to tell them how to get it.”
“You know, I loved 'Toy Story.' It's a great movie, but it has some pretty serious drama.”
“One of the things I hate about TV for kids is that it conescends to them.”