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I was that kind of kid that was going to the movies every weekend, I couldnt get enough of the movies, and now I get to make them. So I kind of have a one-track mind.

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Andrew Stanton
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: December 3
Actor
Animator
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Voice Actor
Rockport
Massachusetts
Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr.
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I'm a family man, I have kids, and I go to the movies. And I'm just going to make the kind of movie I want to see.
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No one's going to see my mistakes I just need the safety of these mistakes to lead me to the right answers.
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I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie.
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Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesnt always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experiencing it, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core.
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If you don't think a film looks good then that is just a reflection of how bad the artist was that was using the paint that is really good.
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I've always felt you unearth story, like you're on an archeological dig.
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