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Instead of trying to replicate their style, use this as an opportunity to develop your own distinct voice and vision.",{"id":43,"quote_text":44,"author_id":5,"source_id":31,"has_image":18,"author":45,"source":46,"quote_tag":47,"commentary":9},3314437,"With some CGI, I think the brain slightly perceives that things aren’t real. There’s no gravity, the light’s not quite real, the shadows aren’t quite real.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":49,"quote_text":50,"author_id":5,"source_id":31,"has_image":18,"author":51,"source":52,"quote_tag":53,"commentary":9},3314421,"I have to admit to not being the greatest technician, but stop motion animation gives me licence to create machines that wouldn’t otherwise be possible – inventions that seem real and actually work.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":55,"quote_text":56,"author_id":5,"source_id":31,"has_image":18,"author":57,"source":58,"quote_tag":59,"commentary":9},3314407,"I’m always there at home thinking of Wallace and Gromit ideas.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":61,"quote_text":62,"author_id":5,"source_id":31,"has_image":18,"author":63,"source":64,"quote_tag":65,"commentary":9},3314388,"But I think people see ‘Wallace and Gromit’ as something akin to an elderly couple. 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