"You've got to be able to make animation for much less... Less is not the studio's way."

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"You've got to be able to make animation for much less... Less is not the studio's way."

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"Now they call in all of the authority figures they can find and hire them - the cost has gone up. The picture may or may not get better, but definitely, it gets more cumbersome."

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Music

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"If the machines can take the drudgery out of it and just leave us with the joy of drawing, then that's the best of both worlds - and I'll use those computers!"

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