When you work in animation, everyone starts on the bottom rung. You don't even draw your own pictures, you just fill in the movements in between the drawings of more experienced animators. There's never any question of anyone in animation not having paid their dues.
“When you work in animation, everyone starts on the bottom rung. You don't even draw your own pictures, you just fill in the movements in between the drawings of more experienced animators. There's never any question of anyone in animation not having paid their dues.”
— Rob Minkoff · Animation