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Most people know me at Pixar as the guy that doesn't like to do sequels or very reluctant to do sequels.

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Andrew Stanton
Age: 59
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 had never touched a computer in my life before I came to Pixar.
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I've always been shocked and waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop that a girl would ever talk to me, let alone want to marry me. They always seem to hold the power to me, and from my mother to my wife to my daughter, every time I try to really figure them out, and think I've got them pegged, I pay for it.
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I'm still craving approval from my parents. It took a lot of success for me to realize it was never coming. It's just not in their nature.
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Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances.
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And I'm not anti-sequel, but I just feel like there are very few ideas that are meant to be continued.
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