Animation is the one type of movie that really does play for the entire audience. Our challenge is to make stories that… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
The closer you get to reality, the harder it is to make it look convincing to the audience. That's why I tend… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
When you set out to really entertain adults as well as kids, your audience is basically anybody who is breathing. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
The hardest thing to get is true emotion. I always believe you need to earn that with the audience. You can't just… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
When you can have a character that the audience likes from the beginning, but then you put them in a situation where… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I've always loved animation it's the reason why I do what I do for a living - the films of Walt Disney.… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I think the painted backgrounds in animations are absolutely stunningly beautiful. There's something really special about this medium. I don't believe audiences… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
You make a movie to entertain audiences. That's why you make a movie. The product sales is because people love the characters,… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
The hardest thing to get is true emotion. I always believe you need to earn that with the audience. You can't just… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
Animation, for me, is a wonderful art form. I never understood why the studios wanted to stop making animation. Maybe they felt… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
It [moviemaking] is about entertaining audiences with great characters and great stories, you want to make people laugh, you want to make… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
It’s so important to create in your own voice, to hold onto what makes you unique, and have faith in your vision. — John Lasseter Copy Share
The only thing Steve Jobs has ever asked me in all the years we've been together and have been partners, the only thing he… — John Lasseter Copy Share
The hardest thing to get is true emotion. I always believe you need to earn that with the audience. You can't just tell them… — John Lasseter Copy Share
I'm really proud of 'Cars.' 'Cars,' when it first came out, got probably the most mediocre reviews of a Pixar film. — John Lasseter Copy Share
Car love is the sound of a throaty V-8 rumbling and revving, the acceleration throwing you back in the seat - especially when you… — John Lasseter Copy Share
When you make these films, they become like your children. But at a certain point, they don’t belong to you anymore; they belong to… — John Lasseter Copy Share
A gem of a short film has a sense of pure joy in animation that is different from anything you see in a feature… — John Lasseter Copy Share
I think that as I had children, I have five sons, and they got into video games and were the prime ages through the… — John Lasseter Copy Share
People who get into animation tend to be kids. We don't have to grow up. But also, animators are great observers, and there's this… — John Lasseter Copy Share
I love the villains who are really hyper-smart. When at the end of the movie you find out what they were about, and it… — John Lasseter Copy Share
Humor is the easiest to achieve; the 'heart' is always the toughest, because you can't tell people to feel a certain way. — John Lasseter Copy Share
Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director. — John Lasseter Copy Share
I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three… — John Lasseter Copy Share
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