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Animation had been done before, but stories were never told.

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Drawing is giving a performance; an artist is an actor who is not limited by the body, only by his ability and, perhaps, experience.

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At that time, the people that were in the animated film business were mostly guys who were unsuccessful newspaper cartoonists. In other words, their ability to draw living things was practically nil.

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Before I got through high school I had attended 22 different schools. In the time before I was well acquainted with the latest school, I would amuse myself by drawing and found that I was pretty good at it.

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Disney had made such a great deal of money on Snow White that the banks gave him the go-ahead on the next three films. But he was heavily dependent on the foreign market.

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His feeling was the name Walt Disney represented all of us. Walt was hanging by his teeth financially and really I think he was for most of his career. Not at all like today.

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I had some connections from the newspapers that I did work with up there, so there was a newspaper publisher in Hollywood, and they promised me work and so on.

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I joined Walt Disney, went to work, December 2nd 1935, so obviously, I'm not too young!

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It wasn't a problem for me drawing humans although I had originally come to the studio with the idea that what I had to offer them was my knowledge in the drawing of animals.

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Later, my father died up in Marysville. So, my mother and I got in the car and came down to Hollywood.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: March 30th, 1913

Died: January 12th, 2000

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