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" I believe once you watch a Miyazaki film, you'll get hooked. "

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" The Walt Disney Animation studio is the studio that Walt Disney started himself in 1923, and it's never stopped and never closed its doors and never stopped making animation, and it keeps going as kind of the heart and soul of the company. "

" The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story with great characters. "

" I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives. "

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" My brother liked sewing and sculpting and making things, and my sister sewed and painted and cooked and baked. She's a professional baker now and makes the most gorgeous sculpture-like cakes. She's the queen of wedding cakes in the Lake Tahoe area. "

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