American - Director | May 10, 1963 -
Arcade-game characters have no free will. They're programmed to do one thing day in and day out - they don't have a choice in the matter.
Rich Moore
DayFreeChoiceFree WillMatter
We try lots of stuff. We throw it against the wall, and the stuff that sticks stays in the movie.
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I'm really excited that the studio is trying, because when I began my career in the early '90s, late '80s, Disney was not something - though I respected it and liked what they were doing in those years - it's not like I thought I wanted to be a part of that studio right now.
ThoughtDoingTryingEarlyCareer
From the moment we started working on the first 'Wreck-It Ralph,' we knew there were so many possibilities with these characters.
MomentPossibilitiesFirstStarted
You put as much effort as you can when they're young into trying to teach them to be good people or make them the best they can be, and they're older now, my kids. I'm at that stage where I let them go, and you just hope that all that nurturing you did earlier on sticks, and you launched good people out there.
GoodHopeBestEffortPeopleYou
What we've done now sits with those films that inspired me as a kid, and I hope there is a kid like myself today who is watching 'Wreck-It Ralph,' and he or she is inspired the way I was inspired when I was 5 years old, and now they'll pursue this crazy dream.
TodayHopeMyselfMeCrazyDream
Disney is a place that I've always rooted for, and I think the audience does also because we have a deep, deep love for what that means.
LoveDeepThinkPlaceAudience
If people want to watch a movie about a fox and rabbit becoming friends and turn that into an evil, agenda-pushing practice, then what can you say?
PracticePeopleEvilFriendsYou
I love the idea of a very simple 8-bit video game character struggling with the complex question: 'isn't there more to life than the role I've been assigned?'
LifeLoveCharacterSimpleGame
It wasn't until I was in that world, directing shows and movies, that I realized basically my job is to give back to another generation what the generation before me gave to me.
JobMeWorldGenerationBackMovies
People will sometimes put each other in boxes and have biases toward one another because of what they look like or where they come from or who they are. But ultimately, it's up to us to decide who we are.
PeopleLookSometimesWillDecide
Good comedy films, if you listen to the score, the music is not trying to be funny. It's always, in a way, underscoring the tragedy and struggle of the main character.
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