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I have been very fortunate since 'Ice Age' to make movies that somehow charm audiences. I think that the key to it for me has been coming up with the right ideas but, more importantly, choosing the right collaborators and artists to execute those ideas.

~Chris Meledandri

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This phenomenon with Betty White is so wonderfully amazing. In a world where ageism runs rampant, out of left field, all of a sudden, the country decides to celebrate Betty White, and she becomes cool at 90. That's remarkable.

~Chris Meledandri

Topics: Ageism Amazing Becomes Betty Celebrate Cool Country Decide Field Left Out Phenomenon Rampant Remarkable Runs She Sudden Where White Wonderfully World

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My experience is that there's absolutely a correlation between the enthusiasm within an animation studio for a given character and the enthusiasm the audience feels when seeing the movie.

~Chris Meledandri

Topics: Absolutely Animation Audience Between Character Correlation Enthusiasm Experience Feels Given Movie Seeing Studio Within

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In animation, what's wonderful is that when you start to work with multiple nationalities, the common language becomes a visual language rather than a spoken language, which blends beautifully with the art form.

~Chris Meledandri

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A favorite film? The first 'Ice Age' and the first 'Despicable Me.' They're the films that have introduced me to characters that I still feel extremely bonded with.

~Chris Meledandri

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If you're going to make a movie about a character who is a supervillain, it's fantastic to have a core sense of empathy for that character.

~Chris Meledandri

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In the 1960s, my father chose to introduce Italian-style clothing into a world that was filled with boxy Brooks Brothers suits. So if you were dressing in his clothes in New York or California, you were breaking a rule. And my mother, Risha, who is still living, has always been an activist. I don't think my mom has met a cause she doesn't like.

~Chris Meledandri

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I was pulled out of school for every moratorium day and every rally for a left-wing candidate... from Ed Koch in his heyday to Eugene McCarthy. That's the culture that I came from.

~Chris Meledandri

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If you are not breaking rules and you are not taking risks, you are not going to end up with movies where there is discovery... and, to me, that is the magic of going into the cinema.

~Chris Meledandri

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Education is supposed to be our great equalizer, but when only half of low-income students are enrolling in college and only three tenths are graduating, you have to figure some of our children are getting a greater equalizer than others.

~Chris Meledandri

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Producer

Born: May 15th, 1959

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