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“My two older brothers are both molecular biologists and neuroscientists, and I feel like representing them accurately is never done in movies, and I really wanted to at least capture the spirit of a Ph.D. student whose goal and aspiration is to increase the sum total of human knowledge. That is noble. That was really, really important, to capture the three-dimensionality of scientists. Scientists fall in love, scientists have the greatest sense of humor, scientists are passionate.”

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Mike Cahill

Mike Cahill, born on July 5, 1979, is an accomplished American film director known for his unique visual style and profound insights into the science fiction genre. more

“I have a children's theater background, so I grew up performing for child audiences; it's sort of my specialty. I know the child audience pretty well - or felt like I did because I performed for them so much. I studied a lot about the child audience, about theater. So it was naturally a place that I gravitated to.”

Knows Wells Children Felt Audience Grew Grew Up Theater Backgrounds Performing Specialty

Author:Linda Woolverton

“They're [children] less forgiving. You have to be very conscious of the fact that they're not going to just accept things; they're going to question. They're going to move around if you bore them. They'll actually leave. So you really have to be on your toes.”

Ifs Children Facts Moving Accepting Conscious Forgiving Bores Toes

Author:Linda Woolverton

“Even when I'm writing animation, I think of them as real people. I think of them as completely three-dimensional beings, even if it's a talking teapot. I don't think of them as one-dimensional drawn characters running around. Maybe that's why, to me, there's really no difference in writing the two - animation versus live action.”

People Ifs Thinking Writing Two Real Character Running Action Three Differences Talking Versus Animation Teapots

Author:Linda Woolverton

“The first draft you're pretty much on your own, so I love that. I can let my imagination go wild. I just go crazy. Then, over the years - it takes years to write these things, to make these things come to pass - there are many, many, many drafts. For Maleficent, there were at least 15.”

Writing Years Firsts I Can Imagination Crazy My Imagination You Re Pretty Maleficent

Author:Linda Woolverton