John Lasseter Quotes
We work very hard in all of the Pixar films to not make anything in the imagery that causes people to think of something other than the story.
Quotes to Explore
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I read part of it all the way through.
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special.
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Seriously, 'Honey Boo Boo' is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good.
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It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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This is what people need: an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-use tool.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of frenetic consumption in our culture. We would have to change the role of money in politics and our political system.
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Every anti-gay remark from the Church gives the thug a license to be cruel.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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I think the process is one of using the camera and sound in the way a detective uses a magnifying glass: to find the clues. They're discovery devices, not performance devices - you're watching things the way a cat does. You're not judging. You're there to witness something.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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Before I got into grad school, I used to work as a deck hand on these ferry boats in San Francisco, and they did day tours. It wasn't a bad job. I made decent money. But you were sitting down all day, tying up the boat, wiping it down. For some guys, that's a dream job, but for me it was kind of torture.
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Honestly, I'm not interested in gossip. Thing is, I know a lot of successful actors, and in hoping to be successful myself, I would like to think others would respect my privacy.
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Are your people uncomfortable during meetings and tired at the end? If not, they're probably not mixing it up enough and getting to the bottom of important issues.
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When you look at all of the male characters on television and in film, it's not like every one of them are the people doing the right thing that you can point to as your own moral compass. We need to have all kinds of characters represented.
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There are no small parts; there are only small actors.
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Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition. Your qualifications are not your life.
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You learn that different people are made differently, and they have different ways to reach to their goals. Some people reach their limits of what they can produce and create, and that doesn't necessarily make them bad. It is just that they may not be right for that role in that instance.
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People forget they have options. And they forget that those things really don't matter. They should concentrate on what they have and not what they don't have.
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We work very hard in all of the Pixar films to not make anything in the imagery that causes people to think of something other than the story.
