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title: "3 Animated Quotes By Roger Ross Williams"
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> [ I've known Owen's father Ron \[Suskind\] for years, and this was based on his best-selling book \["Life, Animated"\]. We worked together as… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/i-ve-known-owen-s-father-ron-suskind-for-years-and-this-was-based-on/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/275/roger-ross-williams-5118_agree_i-ve-known-owen-s-father-ron-suskind-for_1827238.jpg)

> [I wasn't that much of a Disney buff growing up, but I love the mystical and magical nature of Peter Pan, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/i-wasn-t-that-much-of-a-disney-buff-growing-up-but-i-love-the/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/roger-ross-williams-5118_animated_i-wasn-t-that-much-of-a-disney-buff-grow_3110388.jpg)

> [ Toward the end of the film \['Life, Animated'\] we see 'The Sidekicks Story,' and that is a story that Owen drew himself.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/toward-the-end-of-the-film-life-animated-we-see-the-sidekicks-story/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/roger-ross-williams-5118_animated_toward-the-end-of-the-film-life-animated_3129911.jpg)

## Other authors on Animated

## More by Roger Ross Williams

> [I can't believe that I'm sitting in meetings with Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Annette Bening. I want to take on that responsibility to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/i-can-t-believe-that-i-m-sitting-in-meetings-with-steven-spielberg/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

> [I think what was special about 'Music by Prudence' was the classic story of the title subject's life path - from being an outcast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/i-think-what-was-special-about-music-by-prudence-was-the-classic/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

> [I didn't have a lot of exposure to films as a kid, and I never went to the cinema. I had a single mom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/i-didn-t-have-a-lot-of-exposure-to-films-as-a-kid-and-i-never-went-to/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

> [While shooting in Uganda in 2011, the conservative evangelical pastors I was filming - the most ardent supporters of the country's now infamous Anti-Homosexuality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/while-shooting-in-uganda-in-2011-the-conservative-evangelical-pastors/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

> [I grew up in a Southern Baptist-style church with a choir, a band, and music, but I've been asking myself my whole life, 'Why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/i-grew-up-in-a-southern-baptist-style-church-with-a-choir-a-band-and/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

> [My mother worked as a maid, cleaning the fraternity dorm of the local college.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/my-mother-worked-as-a-maid-cleaning-the-fraternity-dorm-of-the-local/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

> [As Mike Bickle said to me, there is a spiritual battle going on in the world, and he believes that in America marriage between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/as-mike-bickle-said-to-me-there-is-a-spiritual-battle-going-on-in-the/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

> [I agree that Scott Lively is marginal, and that is exactly why evangelicals must not let him speak for them. But in Uganda, Scott…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/i-agree-that-scott-lively-is-marginal-and-that-is-exactly-why/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

> [Racism is a global problem and it is as damaging to Whites as it is to non-Whites. Everyone must fight against it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/racism-is-a-global-problem-and-it-is-as-damaging-to-whites-as-it-is/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

> [ I both didn't know Owen \[Suskind\] beforehand and didn't have any connection to the autistic community. But Owen wasn't really a problem, because he… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/i-both-didn-t-know-owen-suskind-beforehand-and-didn-t-have-any/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

> [I grew up in the church, and I went into the production of 'God Loves Uganda' intending to raise awareness of the abuse of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/i-grew-up-in-the-church-and-i-went-into-the-production-of-god-loves/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

> [I began filming 'God Loves Uganda' by first meeting some of the Ugandan and American missionaries who have helped create Uganda's evangelical movement. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/i-began-filming-god-loves-uganda-by-first-meeting-some-of-the-ugandan/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

> [Even after I won the Oscar, my phone did not ring. No one called me to fund films or offer projects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/even-after-i-won-the-oscar-my-phone-did-not-ring-no-one-called-me-to/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

> [Racism was never acceptable to the people who suffer from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/racism-was-never-acceptable-to-the-people-who-suffer-from-it/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

> [While growing up, I lived in my own fantasy world. I had kind of a rough childhood, so I created my own reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ross-williams/while-growing-up-i-lived-in-my-own-fantasy-world-i-had-kind-of-a/)

[Roger Ross Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ross-williams/)

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