I used to believe that cartoons were little kid actors. And so of course, I wanted to be a cartoon. I thought the costumes were so cool!
A childhood belief about cartoons

others believed things like this
- I thought cartoons were real, I remember asking my mom why there were lines around the "actors" in a cartoon.— Steven Graziano
- When I was a kid I used to believe that cartoons were people dressed up in special costumes.— Sarah-Jane
- I thought live-action films were very, very well-drawn cartoons.Anon
- I thought cartoons were for kids and "real-life programs" for adults.— Ichigo
- Because of cartoons, I thought that to drive you'd just turn the steering wheel back and forth constantly. — Mitsuki
- I thought the 'dubbing mixer' on TV credits was the person in charge of stirring the make up for the actors.— Clive