The first professional training I received of any kind was when I was 14 years old and we were in Kansas City, Missouri. I attended the Kansas City Art Institute for one summer. — Marc Davis Copy Share Image
Before I got through high school I had attended 22 different schools. In the time before I was well acquainted with the latest school, I would amuse myself by drawing and found that I was pretty good at it. — Marc Davis Copy Share Image
Throughout my career, when I was finished with the drawing for one film I would go up to the story department and help develop… — Marc Davis Copy Share Image
I had some connections from the newspapers that I did work with up there, so there was a newspaper publisher in Hollywood, and they… — Marc Davis Copy Share Image
The first professional training I received of any kind was when I was 14 years old and we were in Kansas City, Missouri. I… — Marc Davis Copy Share Image
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… — Marc Davis Copy Share Image
At that time, the people that were in the animated film business were mostly guys who were unsuccessful newspaper cartoonists. In other words, their… — Marc Davis Copy Share Image
Drawing is giving a performance; an artist is an actor who is not limited by the body, only by his ability and, perhaps, experience. — Marc Davis Copy Share Image
Some of these sketches were done at the very beginning of the Pirates project, when I was trying to find a direction for myself.… — Marc Davis Copy Share Image
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… — Marc Davis Copy Share Image
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… — Marc Davis Copy Share Image
