People were very nice to me. They knew I didn't have the money to do figure-drawing classes, so they let me annex the figure-drawing classes that the animators had.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was an animator for a while early on, but a 2D animator.
I was mentored by great Disney animators at the end of their careers.
I've always wanted to be an animator. That's an ultimate art form, right there.
I thought I was going to make crazy cartoons for the rest of my life. I didn't think I'd ever get paid for it, didn't think I drew well enough, but I knew it made me happy.
When I was a kid, I loved to draw, and I was lucky because I had parents and teachers and grown-ups around who recognised and encouraged that.
Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known.
I was a film major with a concentration in animation.
I was a cartoonist when I was at university, but I decided to go into movie making knowing that I could still draw by doing movies, design work, story boards, and such.
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 always the kid who could draw. I had this talent, and it was the one thing that gave me some kind of dignity in the midst of my personal environment.
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