Lev Yilmaz Professions : Animator Born : July 16, 1969 Browse All Authors Top 13 quotes by Lev Yilmaz People always say you can't win if you don't play Lev Yilmaz winning play people Whenever I get the sort of fancy pants idea that I'm doing anything other than pure expression things start to go wrong. When I get too premeditated, things start to go wrong. I just shut that part of my brain off. Lev Yilmaz expression brain ideas When you get down to it, at it's root, Comedy is truth, absurdity, and pain. One of my little mottos is: 'Do you remember the Peanuts cartoon where Charlie Brown kicked the football and kissed the Little Red Haired Girl? Neither do I. Lev Yilmaz pain girl football When was the last time someone told you 'Look at the bright side of things' when you were depressed, and you actually paid attention to them? Maybe some people do, but I sure as hell don't. Lev Yilmaz attention people looks The same sort of thing was supposed to happen when performance animation was invented: Everybody thought it would save so much time. But it became its own niche altogether. Lev Yilmaz animation niche performances One of the primary motivations for the series is that I never really felt that I was a person who could explain verbally what I thought all that well. Lev Yilmaz wells motivation persons I came home in the afternoon to sleep, and there was this e-mail from Comedy Central saying they were interested in having me be part of this new show called 'Jump Cuts'! So I called them right away, and the producer started laughing and said, 'We sent that e-mail one minute ago - you're so fast! Lev Yilmaz cutting home sleep A lot of people feel that there is less artistry involved in cartoon making unless they have painstaking control of each frame. Lev Yilmaz cartoon feels people I always thought that cemeteries gave me some sense of perspective Lev Yilmaz cemetery perspective My mom had gotten a Super 8 camera to make home movies with, and my brother and me got our hands on it and ran with it. Lev Yilmaz mom brother home Even in a gleefully negative comic, there is optimism, although it's slightly hidden: It comes out through a comic character's sheer tenacity. He keeps going and trying to find some sort of fulfillment regardless of his perpetual failure record. That's a form of hope, a form of optimism. Really hokey I know, but it's true. Lev Yilmaz optimism trying character I don't personally try to balance my work because I operate under the assumption that anyone reading or watching my stuff isn't having a particularly balanced day anyway. But negative attitudes just amuse me more than positive ones. Lev Yilmaz reading attitude positive We made satires of everything - news broadcasts and TV shows that we watched. When I look at them now, they are totally amateurish, but I find it quite remarkable that we were so skeptical of the world! My parents watched them and thought they were funny; they really encouraged us. Lev Yilmaz parents look funny world Similar Authors Andreas Deja animator Andrew Park animator Alex Hirsch animator Bill Plympton animator Don Hertzfeldt animator Dave Filoni animator All Authors
