Hayao Miyazaki

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I am an animator. I feel like I'm the manager of a animation cinema factory. I am not an executive. I'm rather like a foreman, like the boss of a team of craftsmen. That is the spirit of how I work.

I can't do a film after having debated it. I am unable to do a film while discussing it with my team. I issue directives. I do not achieve it otherwise.

I never read reviews. I'm not interested. But I value a lot the reactions of the spectators.

Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one ... (more Hayao Miyazaki quotes)

Hayao Miyazaki trivia

Hayao is good friends with Isao Takahata, with whom he co-founded Studio Ghibli.

Hayao has feelings of guilt because he lived comfortably as a child during the war.

Hayao finds pigs "easier to draw than camels or giraffes". He uses them a lot because they are like humans in terms of behavior. He is also a big fan of pigs

After the Ghibli film Pom Poko (which deals with environmental issues) a National Park was opened up in Japan named “Totoro National Park”.

Hayao is a huge fan of Italy.... (more Hayao Miyazaki trivia)

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