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In fact, I don't think I'll ever make anything that will feel as divinely dropped in my lap as the opening of 'Wall-E.'

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Andrew Stanton
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: December 3
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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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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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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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