I prefer to work alone and do everything alone, even today.
More Quotes from Ray Harryhausen:
I always worked with the writer, and the producer, and sometimes the director wouldn't come in until the picture was ready to go. It's not a director's picture as you imagine in the European sense of the word. It has to be laid out -- otherwise we couldn't make them for the price we did. I was responsible for laying out the special effects and making the picture practical.Ray Harryhausen
Medusa was fascinating to work with because I gave her a snake's body so that she could pull herself with her hands which gave her a very creepy aura. I didn't want to animate cosmic gowns. Most Medusas you see in the classics have flowing robes which would be mad to even try to animate.
Ray Harryhausen
A lot of people thought my work was very tedious, and it can be if you look at it from that point of view, but I never looked upon it as tedious.
Ray Harryhausen
I had to learn to do everything because I couldn't find another kindred soul. Now you see eighty people listed doing the same things I was doing by myself.
Ray Harryhausen
I took courses at USC in film editing and art direction and photography when I was still in high school.
Ray Harryhausen
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