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"The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them afterwards."
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"Animation scripts tend to be much more descriptive and are lighter on dialogue."
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"The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them afterwards."
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"We're waiting for the pendulum to swing back again, which I am absolutely confident it will."
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"Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s."
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"So many plays with magic in them that would be a terrific invitation to an imaginative animation team."
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"Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation."
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"Because good writing in a TV cartoon is so rare, I think the animation on The Simpsons is often overlooked."
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"Yes, actually. Animation's a very easy thing to watch on tour."
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"In animation, there's this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT'S what I was doing."
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"The days when you needed amazing Silicon Graphics machines to run animation software are gone now."
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"Animation scripts tend to be much more descriptive and are lighter on dialogue."
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"I love all of Albert Brooks' work from Defending Your Life back to his first film, Real Life, but am sorry that he seems to have lost his edge in his more recent work."
Life

"There is nothing like the high of being on stage and reaping applause, especially for emotionally needy people like me!"
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"I was only in one play at Steppenwolf, in the early days."
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"Fear of failure has always been my best motivator."
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"Robert Altman's Nashville is my all-time favorite film because it covers all the bases - it's original, moving, and has something to say, but also funny and incredibly entertaining."
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"While I've lived in L.A. since 1985, I'll always consider Chicago my home town and have much affection for it. My parents and sister still live there so I try to visit as often as I'm able."
Home

"The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them afterwards."
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"Dick Van Dyke was my first idol. He's an amazing physical comedian, like a classic clown, but also very smart and not afraid to show vulnerability."
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"When I saw The Player, I came out with knots in my stomach because it was so true to my experience."
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