Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you.

The older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I find in humans.

Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities.

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.

In timing a film, we used to assume that sneaks move slowly. This was great for animators-thirty-six to forty-eight drawings for a single step-but it was sheer hell for the pace of the picture. So the rapid tiptoe was invented.

You've got a million bad drawings in you; you better get started.

I have come to know Bugs so well that I no longer have to think about what he is doing in any situation. I let the part of me that is Bugs come to the surface, knowing, with regret, that I can never match his marvelous confidence.