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> [Drawing is giving a performance; an artist is an actor who is not limited by the body, only by his ability and, perhaps, experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-davis/drawing-is-giving-a-performance-an-artist-is-an-actor-who-is-not/)

[Marc Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-davis/)

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## More by Marc Davis

> [Throughout my career, when I was finished with the drawing for one film I would go up to the story department and help develop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-davis/throughout-my-career-when-i-was-finished-with-the-drawing-for-one/)

[Marc Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-davis/)

> [“All it takes is all you got.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-davis/all-it-takes-is-all-you-got/)

[Marc Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-davis/)

> [I had some connections from the newspapers that I did work with up there, so there was a newspaper publisher in Hollywood, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-davis/i-had-some-connections-from-the-newspapers-that-i-did-work-with-up/)

[Marc Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-davis/)

> [The first professional training I received of any kind was when I was 14 years old and we were in Kansas City, Missouri. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-davis/the-first-professional-training-i-received-of-any-kind-was-when-i-was/)

[Marc Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-davis/)

> [Yes, the first job I had at the studio was Snow White. I don't like the term particularly, but I got stuck with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-davis/yes-the-first-job-i-had-at-the-studio-was-snow-white-i-don-t-like-the/)

[Marc Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-davis/)

> [At that time, the people that were in the animated film business were mostly guys who were unsuccessful newspaper cartoonists. In other words, their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-davis/at-that-time-the-people-that-were-in-the-animated-film-business-were/)

[Marc Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-davis/)

> [My father was something of a rainbow-chaser.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-davis/my-father-was-something-of-a-rainbow-chaser/)

[Marc Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-davis/)

> [Drawing is giving a performance; an artist is an actor who is not limited by the body, only by his ability and, perhaps, experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-davis/drawing-is-giving-a-performance-an-artist-is-an-actor-who-is-not/)

[Marc Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-davis/)

> [Some of these sketches were done at the very beginning of the Pirates project, when I was trying to find a direction for myself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-davis/some-of-these-sketches-were-done-at-the-very-beginning-of-the-pirates/)

[Marc Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-davis/)

> [It wasn't a problem for me drawing humans although I had originally come to the studio with the idea that what I had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-davis/it-wasn-t-a-problem-for-me-drawing-humans-although-i-had-originally/)

[Marc Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-davis/)

> [Animation had been done before, but stories were never told.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-davis/animation-had-been-done-before-but-stories-were-never-told/)

[Marc Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-davis/)

> [There is something I feel when I animate something; you can never really understand the character you're animating unless you've had the opportunity to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-davis/there-is-something-i-feel-when-i-animate-something-you-can-never/)

[Marc Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-davis/)

> [His feeling was the name Walt Disney represented all of us. Walt was hanging by his teeth financially and really I think he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-davis/his-feeling-was-the-name-walt-disney-represented-all-of-us-walt-was/)

[Marc Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-davis/)

> [Before I got through high school I had attended 22 different schools. In the time before I was well acquainted with the latest school,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-davis/before-i-got-through-high-school-i-had-attended-22-different-schools/)

[Marc Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-davis/)

> [Later, my father died up in Marysville. So, my mother and I got in the car and came down to Hollywood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-davis/later-my-father-died-up-in-marysville-so-my-mother-and-i-got-in-the/)

[Marc Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-davis/)

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