A gem of a short film has a sense of pure joy in animation that is different from anything you see in… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
People who get into animation tend to be kids. We don't have to grow up. But also, animators are great observers, and… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
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
I've always been thinking in three dimensions, ever since I started working with computer animation in the early '80s. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
Of all studios that should be doing 2-D animation, it should be Disney. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
One of the things about animation is it's so expensive to do the animation, that you can't produce coverage. You only have… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I loved animation and cartoons, even when it was not cool when you were in high school. I raced home to see… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
When you take something that's inert, and through motion, give it life, make it appear to be alive, living, breathing thinking and… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation… — 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
In computer animation, every detail has to be thought out, designed, modeled, shaded, placed and lit. The more you add, the more… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
Computers don't create computer animation any more than a pencil creates pencil animation. What creates computer animation is the artist. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
When I started work with LucasArts Computer Division back in 1984, I went to the Palace of Fine Arts and saw the… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was… — 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
I'm the biggest fan of animation. I love the history of animation, I know it well. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
Walt Disney had always tried to get more dimension in his animation and when I saw these tapes, I thought, This is… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
When I was a freshman in high school, I read a book about the making of Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' called 'The Art… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
To take full advantage of computer animation, you have to pay as much attention to the believable as you do the unbelievable. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
The Walt Disney Animation studio is the studio that Walt Disney started himself in 1923, and it's never stopped and never closed… — 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
Every animator is really an actor performing in slow motion, living the character a drawing at a time. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
One of the big moments of my life was watching 'Star Wars' on its opening weekend in Hollywood. I was watching all… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
Pixar has invented much of computer animation as it's known today, and I've been very lucky to be the first traditional animator… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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