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I've always wanted to be an animator. That's an ultimate art form, right there.

I was always into cartoons and animation.

I wanted to be an animator originally. I went to art school; I went to art college and everything. But that screen was just calling me.

I was a film major with a concentration in animation.

When I was four years old, some friends of my family took me to see 'Fantasia' and I was totally blown away. From that minute on I wanted to be an animator.

I was mentored by great Disney animators at the end of their careers.

Mostly I wanted to be a writer, though for a couple of years there I wanted to be an animator, because I loved drawing and capturing beautiful movements.

Pixar has invented much of computer animation as it's known today, and I've been very lucky to be the first traditional animator to work with computer animation.

I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be a cartoonist. It happened behind my back. I was always a painter and drawer.