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11 quotes by Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Jennifer Yuh Nelson, also known as Jennifer Yuh (born May 7, 1972), is a Korean-born American director and storyboard artist. She is best known for her directorial debut Kung Fu Panda 2. Yuh is the first woman to solely direct an animated feature from a major Hollywood studio, and this film also proved to be the most financially successful one for a film directed by a woman. She won an Annie Award for Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature...
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Every movie goes through that U-shape where you start with 'Oh that's a great idea. I love it.' Everything's possible and then you... →

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When you make a movie, it's just so personal and then you put it out in front of people and it becomes something else.

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Talking to actors is the same as talking to any other artists; it's getting into the moment for them, and making sure they can lose themselves in... →

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There aren't a lot of female story artists, and it's baffling to me. There are a lot of kids in school that are female and I wonder... →

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A lot of the time in animation is spent getting the story right - that's something you can't rush.

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I'm a very soft-spoken person. I don't throw furniture. I don't throw tantrums.

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I'm not aggressive by nature and it was tough for me to make the transition to directing.

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Growing up, my sisters and I would always talk stories. One of my frustrations was I didn't know anything about cameras. I didn't know how to... →

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I don't think about the gender thing very much. But when I speak at schools, I've had female students say to me afterwards, "I never... →

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I've been drawing my whole life. My mom says my sister and I were drawing by age 1. Animation seems a real, natural extension of drawing as a way... →

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If you have a movie that doesn't strive to go to a certain emotional point, you can do anything and it will be fine and funny. But if you have... →

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