“I created Stitch when I myself felt like a failed experiment.”
I was an animator at Disney, but I felt invisible. The big ideas came from others… or so they thought. I was given minor tasks, as if I wasn’t good enough. Those were gray days. I had worked for years, but saw no results. One day, after yet another meeting where my voice was ignored, I picked up a pencil and drew something no one had asked for: a little alien with a mischievous face and a broken soul.
That drawing was me. Stitch was my reflection: misunderstood, rejected, but with a deep desire to belong. I took him to the studio, almost afraid, expecting it to be shelved like everything else. But this time… they listened. They liked it. And they gave me the chance to direct Lilo & Stitch. But it wasn’t easy. Many said it was crazy to mix science fiction with family drama. It almost got canceled.
My team was small. The budget, limited. But the passion was huge. Every scene had a piece of me: the pain of being ignored, the fight to not give up, the longing to be accepted. When the movie premiered, I saw people crying in the theaters. People who saw themselves in a blue alien. That’s when I realized that the strangest stories… are sometimes the most human.
“We all feel like Stitch at some point: broken, out of place, different. But with the right kind of love… even the misunderstood can become legends.”
— Chris Sanders
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#chrissandersartt “I created Stitch when I myself felt like a failed experiment.” 🌀💔
I was an animator at Disney, but I felt invisible. The big ideas came from others… or so they thought. I was given minor tasks, as if I wasn’t good enough. Those were gray days. I had worked for years, but saw no results. One day, after yet another meeting where my voice was ignored, I picked up a pencil and drew something no one had asked for: a little alien with a mischievous face and a broken soul. ✏️👾
That drawing was me. Stitch was my reflection: misunderstood, rejected, but with a deep desire to belong. I took him to the studio, almost afraid, expecting it to be shelved like everything else. But this time… they listened. They liked it. And they gave me the chance to direct Lilo & Stitch. But it wasn’t easy. Many said it was crazy to mix science fiction with family drama. It almost got canceled. 😤📉
My team was small. The budget, limited. But the passion was huge. Every scene had a piece of me: the pain of being ignored, the fight to not give up, the longing to be accepted. When the movie premiered, I saw people crying in the theaters. People who saw themselves in a blue alien. That’s when I realized that the strangest stories… are sometimes the most human. 🎥💙
“We all feel like Stitch at some point: broken, out of place, different. But with the right kind of love… even the misunderstood can become legends.” 🌌🫂
— Chris Sanders
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