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“Everyone is trying to do something that hasn't been done and that's a really good thing. You can only do so much with a story and some scripts don't give you the opportunities and other scripts do give you the opportunities to do things that haven't been done before.”

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Dennis Muren

Dennis Muren is a renowned special effects artist, born on November 1, 1946. With over four decades of experience in the field of movie special effects, he has contributed significantly to the creation of classic films such as the 'Star Wars' and 'Terminator' series. more

“Every great artist must begin by learning to draw with the single line, and my advice to young animators is to learn how to live with that razor-sharp instrument or art. An artist who comes to me with eight or ten good drawings of the human figure in simple lines has a good chance of being hired. But I will tell the artist who comes with a bunch of drawings of Bugs Bunny to go back and learn how to draw the human body. An artist who knows that can learn how to draw ANYTHING, including Bugs Bunny.”

“An idea has no worth at all without believable characters to implement it; a plot without characters is like a tennis court without players. Daffy Duck is to a Buck Rogers story what John McEnroe was to tennis. Personality. That is the key, the drum, the fife. Forget the plot.”

Ideas Character Stories Forget Player Keys Personality Court Tennis Plot Ducks Bucks Roger Believable Tennis Courts Buck Rogers Daffy Duck

Author:Chuck Jones

“I started reading when I was about three, a little over three.”

Littles Three Reading

Book:Chuck Jones: Conversations

Source: Chuck Jones: Conversations

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