You have to do three things really well to make a successful film. You have to tell a compelling story that has… — 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
I do what I do because of Walt Disney - his films and his theme park and his characters and his joy… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
If you've seen 'Spirited Away', 'Spirited Away' is set in a very, very Japanese sensibility. And so, to Japanese audiences, when Sen… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
'Cars 2' is about a character learning to be himself. There's times in our lives where people always say, 'Well, you've gotta… — 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
Pixar's short films convinced Disney that if the company could produce memorable characters within five minutes, then the confidence was there in… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I just devoured all of his [Buster Keaton’s] films because his sense of comic timing was amazing. He’s the closest a human… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
There’s never a wrong idea. You just keep throwing stuff out and inevitably there are elements of different things that inspire a… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
You cannot base a whole movie on just the imagery alone. It has to be the story and the characters. — 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
I think that the entertainment industry and the entertainment press tends to focus on opening weekend box office as a measure of… — 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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