Zitate von Hayao Miyazaki

„Ich möchte einen Film machen, um Kindern zu sagen, es gut am Leben zu sein.“

—  Hayao Miyazaki

„Ich werde keine Filme machen, in denen es heißt: "Du solltest verzweifeln und weglaufen".“

—  Hayao Miyazaki

„The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos.“

—  Hayao Miyazaki

Variante: The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos.

„I would like to make a film to tell children "it's good to be alive".“

—  Hayao Miyazaki

„Life is a winking light in the darkness.“

—  Hayao Miyazaki, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Original: (ja) 命は闇の中のまたたく光だ。

„Our lives are like the wind… or like sounds.

We come into being, resonate with each other…

Then fade away“

—  Hayao Miyazaki

„Most people depend on the internet and cellphones to survive, but what happens when they stop working? I wanted to create a mother and child who wouldn't be defeated by life without them.“

—  Hayao Miyazaki

(2009) Independent News article 2009 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/hayao-miyazaki-modern-movies-are-too-weird-for-me-1678129.html
On Ponyo

„Do everything by hand, even when using the computer.“

—  Hayao Miyazaki

„Cut off a wolf's head and it still has the power to bite.“

—  Hayao Miyazaki

Quelle: もののけ姫 [Mononoke hime]

„If it is a dying craft we can't do anything about it. Civilisation moves on. Where are all the fresco painters now? Where are the landscape artists? What are they doing now? The world is changing. I have been very fortunate to be able to do the same job for 40 years. That's rare in any era.“

—  Hayao Miyazaki

on the topic of hand-drawn animation (2005) The Guardian article http://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/sep/14/japan.awardsandprizes
On Animation

„Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.“

—  Hayao Miyazaki

„Modern life is so thin and shallow and fake. I look forward to when developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over.“

—  Hayao Miyazaki

„I think 2-D animation disappeared from Disney because they made so many uninteresting films. They became very conservative in the way they created them. It's too bad. I thought 2-D and 3-D could coexist happily.“

—  Hayao Miyazaki

„The villains are all parts of me. For years I've been wondering what it would be like if all those negative elements were forced onto the main character's side. I can understand a character with that kind of anger.“

—  Hayao Miyazaki

„But remember this, Japanese boy… airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality.“

—  Hayao Miyazaki, The Wind Rises

Quelle: The Wind Rises

„I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.“

—  Hayao Miyazaki

„We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them.“

—  Hayao Miyazaki

„Yet, even amidst the hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist.“

—  Hayao Miyazaki

„The greatness of a mind is determined by the depth of its suffering.“

—  Hayao Miyazaki

Quelle: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1