John Lasseter Quotes
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Pixar has invented much of computer animation as it's known today, and I've been very lucky to be the first traditional animator to work with computer animation.
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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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At Pixar, good ideas may be cut from a film, but they are never forgotten.
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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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'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 love the work of Hayao Miyazaki. 'My Neighbor Totoro' and 'Castle in the Sky' are two of the great films that he's made that I just love.
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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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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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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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I loved animation and cartoons, even when it was not cool when you were in high school. I raced home to see the Bugs Bunny cartoons.
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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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I'm really proud of 'Cars.' 'Cars,' when it first came out, got probably the most mediocre reviews of a Pixar film.
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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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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 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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Soon I learned that the worse the puns and jokes, the funnier they could be, if you knew how to deliver them.
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For me, personally, I will always do G-rated films, which the world needs more of.
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I am, by nature, an honest person. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. There is no 'behind closed doors' with me.
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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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Winnie the Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood are among the most entertaining and beloved characters ever animated by Disney.
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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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Steve Jobs is like a brother to me and he's one of the founders of Pixar, and when the first iPad came out, I got one right away.
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'Finding Nemo' was originally shot in 3D.