I have to think as Bugs Bunny, not of Bugs Bunny.

Quote by Chuck Jones

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Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations.

Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations.

Once you have heard a strange audience burst into laughter at a film you directed,...

Once you have heard a strange audience burst into laughter at a film you directed,...

Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you.

Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you.

Disney was not a good animator, he didn't draw well at all, but he was...

Disney was not a good animator, he didn't draw well at all, but he was...

I started reading when I was about three, a little over three.

I started reading when I was about three, a little over three.

The Coyote is limited, as Bugs is limited, by his anatomy.

The Coyote is limited, as Bugs is limited, by his anatomy.

There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is the willingness to think.

There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is the willingness to think.

Painting does what we cannot do - it brings a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional...

Painting does what we cannot do - it brings a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional...

Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities.

Early experiences convinced me that animals can and do have quite distinct personalities.

The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love...

The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love...

The older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I...

The older I get, the more individuality I find in animals and the less I...

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business.

Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business.

Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.

I have come to know Bugs so well that I no longer have to think...

I have come to know Bugs so well that I no longer have to think...

Human beings will line up for miles to buy a bucket of catastrophes, but don't...

Human beings will line up for miles to buy a bucket of catastrophes, but don't...

The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to...

The whole essence of good drawing - and of good thinking, perhaps - is to...

There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and...

There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and...

Mark Twain's Roughing It is a book that many people don't know about, but I...

Mark Twain's Roughing It is a book that many people don't know about, but I...

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it...

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it...