Rob Minkoff

“The boom of Disney animation in the late 80s and 90s, was fueled by the success of the older films on video.”

“There's a lot of talk about movie companies wanting to work more in China and I think our experience was overwhelmingly positive.”

“When we did 'Lion King' it was all drawn and now we use computers to do the work.”

“What's great about turning an animated movie into Imax format is that the digital record of the shots still exist. So when you are printing on the large-format frame, you actually don't lose any quality, as you would do in a live-action movie.”

“A film is a story told in pictures. The beginning process of the film is coming up with the idea, developing it into a story and writing a screenplay, although in an animated film, it's possible to storyboard to create the story.”

“When you work in animation, everyone starts on the bottom rung. You don't even draw your own pictures, you just fill in the movements in between the drawings of more experienced animators. There's never any question of anyone in animation not having paid their dues.”

“Everyone in animation is a performer to a degree.”

“There was something raw and intense about Simba tugging on his dead father's ear.”

“My personal goal is not just to make family films, but all kinds of films.”

“Mr Peabody is a very smart character, a genius, so accomplished in many ways. And yet he's decided that he needed to have a family, a son, in order to have a more sensible life. And yet he's a bit reserved.”

“Raising a boy is much harder than being an astrophysicist or inventing a time machine.”

“I don't think I have ever made a movie that is autobiographical, but you can't help but use experiences in your life in the movies that you make.”

“I loved the fact that Peabody was a teacher and that he would take Sherman on these incredible adventures to meet these crazy characters. And I got introduced to these historical figures. As a kid, you're like, 'This must be important.' And you can laugh at the silliness of it.”

“Disney's animation division is the modern equivalent of the old studio system - which I believe is a better way to make all movies, not just animated movies.”

“Some people might look askance at a dog driving a scooter. But not everybody.”

“Everybody assigned to 'Lion King' initially disliked it. The hot project was 'Pocahontas.'”

“I had the great good fortune to have Chuck Jones as a mentor and one of my first questions to him, was who did they make Bugs Bunny for? They never made the shows for kids. They made them to amuse themselves.”

“A big part of filmmaking, and a big part of the power of filmmaking, is creating characters that people fall in love with.”

“Animation functions like a repertory company. It requires a stable group of people.”

“I was actually developing the sequel to 'Roger Rabbit' before I was doing 'The Lion King.'”