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Cecil: In making your pictures do you follow any ironclad rules? Walt: Just one. Never do anything that someone else can do better. That's why we ordinarily sidestep stories that could be done successfully in live action instead of animated action. Cecil: What about the future? As the art of animating human figures develops. Walt: We'll never do Hamlet. Cecil: Wanta bet? Walt: Well, to be honest, our medium is so young and so unexplored and fascinating that we have to guard against daydreaming. We have too many immediate problems, and I think my most immediate problem is to let you get back to the play. […]