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The way Pixar has always worked is that we think of an idea and then we make it. We don't develop lots of ideas and then pick one.

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Andrew Stanton
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: December 3
Actor
Animator
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Voice Actor
Rockport
Massachusetts
Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr.
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