John Lasseter Quotes
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'Cars' is a really personal story for me because, first of all, I grew up in Los Angeles - the car crazy capital.
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I've often heard people say that managing creative people is the hardest thing in the world. 'They're never happy, they drive up the cost of things, blah blah blah.' I just manage people the way I always wanted to be managed. That is, to be creatively challenged, but never to be told what to do.
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The Walt Disney Animation studio is the studio that Walt Disney started himself in 1923, and it's never stopped and never closed its doors and never stopped making animation, and it keeps going as kind of the heart and soul of the company.
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When I was a freshman in high school, I read a book about the making of Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' called 'The Art of Animation.' It was this weird revelation for me, because I hadn't considered that people actually get paid to make cartoons.
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When you take something that's inert, and through motion, give it life, make it appear to be alive, living, breathing thinking and having emotions, that's animation. But when you take something that's live-action, and move a part of it, that's a special effect.
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In computer animation, every detail has to be thought out, designed, modeled, shaded, placed and lit. The more you add, the more computer memory you need.
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'Bolt' was made by Walt Disney Animation Studios, not by Pixar.
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I love Japan. I love the collision of the modern and ancient worlds coming together in that place. It's so high-tech and cool.
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At Pixar, good ideas may be cut from a film, but they are never forgotten.
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Pixar's short films convinced Disney that if the company could produce memorable characters within five minutes, then the confidence was there in creating a feature film with those abilities in story and character development.
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At Pixar, we do sequels only when we come up with a great idea, and we always strive to be different than the original.
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Take any movie with an actor you like. Turn your head and just listen to the performance. In some cases, the physical presence remains as strong when you can't see the actor, when it's just the voice.
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Walt Disney always said, 'For every laugh, there should be a tear.' I believe in that.
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In an animated film you can do whatever you want, but that doesn't mean you should do everything you want.
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You cannot base a whole movie on just the imagery alone. It has to be the story and the characters.
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In overseeing both Disney and Pixar Animation, each studio has a unique culture.
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'Finding Nemo' was originally shot in 3D.
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There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them.
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When you go into the theatre and the lights dim, you want to entertain people from beginning to end. You want them to be swept up in your story, on the edge of their seats, unable to wait to see what happens next, be blown away and afterwards just go, 'Wow!'
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Car love is the sound of a throaty V-8 rumbling and revving, the acceleration throwing you back in the seat - especially when you get on a beautiful, winding road and the light's dappling through the trees.
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Every Pixar movie at one time was the worst motion picture ever made.
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For me, personally, I will always do G-rated films, which the world needs more of.
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Animation is the only thing I ever wanted to do in my whole life. I have no desire for live-action or anything else.
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Look at the films of Walt Disney: 'Snow White' came out in February 1938, and I can't think of another film from that year that's watched as much. The same is true of 'Bambi,' 'Dumbo'... even, frankly, 'Toy Story,' which is probably watched more than any other movie of 1995.