Akira Kurosawa, David Lean and Alfred Hitchcock were the main inspirations for 'Samurai Jack,' along with a lot of '70s cinema. Genndy Tartakovsky More Quotes by Genndy Tartakovsky More Quotes From Genndy Tartakovsky Everything that I've ever done is not really based on reality, it's the caricature of reality, which is what's really exciting. Genndy Tartakovsky done exciting reality The computer is designed to mimic reality. And in an animated world, in my perspective, that's the worst thing to do. I want people to walk into a movie theater and be transported to a different world. Genndy Tartakovsky perspective reality people For me, animation is the caricature of life. It's something that we create, from the ground up. Genndy Tartakovsky caricatures animation Whenever you're doing two things at once, you're compromising them both. Genndy Tartakovsky two-things compromise two Watching a movie with an audience is so exciting. For me, coming from TV, you finish an episode and then it airs, and I'm at home. There's no gratification and there's no audience interaction with it. Genndy Tartakovsky tvs air home The thing about any character is that you want to be sincere. Genndy Tartakovsky sincere want character Trying to be a leader, you've got to be really sure of what you're doing and you've got to guide people the right way. Genndy Tartakovsky leader trying people If you don't believe your general, you're not going to go into battle knowing you're going to die. Genndy Tartakovsky battle knowing believe I'm a true fan of animation, and it's my livelihood. Live-action is secondary to me. Genndy Tartakovsky animation fans action I always felt like as the director, I gotta be the best at everything. Genndy Tartakovsky everything best like always 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. Genndy Tartakovsky like me hard people 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. Genndy Tartakovsky daughter work time morning Jack' came from... I had the same dream since I was 10, about the world being destroyed and run by mutants. I'd find a samurai sword, pick up the girl I had a crush on, and we'd go through the land, surviving. That was the initial spark to 'Samurai Jack.' Genndy Tartakovsky sword girl dream world I don't like darkness in everything. I like my superheroes in primary colors, and fun. Genndy Tartakovsky everything colors darkness fun I grew up in the 1970s and early 1980s, loving comic books, and they were much cartoonier. And then everything became super dark and muscular and airbrushed, and I stopped collecting comics. Genndy Tartakovsky loving books everything dark I love 'Jack' as one of my creations and would never want to change it from what it was supposed to be. There was no reason to reinvent. Genndy Tartakovsky never change want love The magic of 'Jack' is that it's unique, there's not a lot of stuff like it. Genndy Tartakovsky like magic unique stuff With features, you're spending hundreds of millions of dollars on production and marketing, so everybody's panicked because you literally have an opening weekend to succeed. Genndy Tartakovsky you opening weekend succeed I think the fate of 'Star Wars' is everlasting, which is great. Genndy Tartakovsky i-think great think fate There was a show I loved as a kid: 'The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt.' Genndy Tartakovsky show loved kid blue
