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“I absolutely think that hand-drawn animation is valid and I…” quote by Brad Bird — Download Open image

“I absolutely think that hand-drawn animation is valid and I actually hope to do one in the future with a large budget.”

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Oh yeah, I'm still employed at Pixar and I love it here.

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To make something really great and different and interesting means taking risks and following these ideas in your head.

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You hope any film finds its audience and makes enough money that you get to make another one.

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And it's not only films, I'm pretty unaware of anything that's going on in popular culture right now.

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I love the house in 'North by Northwest.'

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I've storyboarded for things other people have shot. So thinking in shots and orchestrating shots is not foreign to me at all.

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I was always into cartoons and animation.

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Tigress is my alternate personality, especially with children. I love animation because you get to do things you don't normally get to.

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