Quote #93

I met a guy on the train when I was comin' out. It was one of those things that kind of makes you mad. I was out on the platform - I was in pants and coat that didn't match but I was riding first class. I was making conversation with a guy who asked me, 'Goin' to California?' 'Yeah, I'm goin' out there.' 'What business are you in?' I said 'The motion-picture business.' 'What do you do?' I said 'I make animated cartoons.' 'Oh' 'It was like saying I sweep latrines.' 'Some people make you mad, and you want to prove something to them even though they mean nothing to you. I thought of that guy... when we had the premiere of Snow White.

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