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Prizes do not mean anything to me. I think it is more important to make a child aware of the existence of a weird creature like a water spider that breathes through its backside.
Hayao Miyazaki
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Hayao Miyazaki
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: January 1
Animation Director
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Miyazaki Hayao
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I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.
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I find it pointless sitting in my house not working, though I like to go on extended vacations from time to time.
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