Mike Mitchell Quotes
A big part of directing animation is deciding what you really want to do and making sure it's about something. My favorite thing about animation is the storytelling. You can really dig into the story and spend time with the writers. The writers don't just write and leave.

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I learn something in the interviews from time to time.
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A lot of our animation projects are co-productions with French production companies.
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What they are doing is taking something that otherwise creates pollution and turning it into something useful.
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I'm either enjoying myself or I'm not. And if I'm not enjoying myself, something's gone terribly wrong.
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I prefer to be a villainess. There's something a bit more delicious about their wickedness.
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Cynicism is something which has become symbolic of imperial policy.
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I usually have 10 different animation projects going at a time.
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While I deeply admire actors who deeply prepare, it's just not something I do.
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Every religion there's something foul going on.
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I'd rather be doing something than not doing something.
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It's all about racing on the track.
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When the government runs out of lenders, it can do something that households are forbidden to do: print money.
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.
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I had to be sure we were doing something tasteful.
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I'm not a fan of self-help books - how can something be 'self-help' if the book itself is purportedly helping you?
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I blog because I have something to say.
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I come from a family in which public service was something to aspire to.
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I grew up on movie sets, getting to see storytelling happen up close.
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I vowed I would do everything I could to stop the Isle of Man counting towards the world championship. And it was stopped, so they love me in the Isle of Man.
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My style in diplomacy is my style as a human being - I'm very direct and very honest.
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I did 'Fences' off-broadway at the Beacon Theater, so it's amazing that Denzel Washington and Viola Davis brought it to Broadway.
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A big part of directing animation is deciding what you really want to do and making sure it's about something. My favorite thing about animation is the storytelling. You can really dig into the story and spend time with the writers. The writers don't just write and leave.