When you make these films, they become like your children. But at a certain point, they don’t belong to you anymore; they… — 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… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
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
In an animated film you can do whatever you want, but that doesn't mean you should do everything you want. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
We make the kind of movies we like to watch. I love to laugh. I love to be amazed by how beautiful… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
Every single Pixar film, at one time or another, has been the worst movie ever put on film. But we know. We… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
At Pixar, 'Wall-E' was our ninth film, and they've all been successes - more than that, they've all really touched people. Everybody… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
At Pixar, good ideas may be cut from a film, but they are never forgotten. — 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
For me, personally, I will always do G-rated films, which the world needs more of. — 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
Every technology that comes into filmmaking is first a gimmick. Think about sound with 'The Jazz Singer' or the first colour or… — 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
Rotten Tomatoes is such a great website, in that it has one foot in the Internet world and one foot in the… — 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
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
Every Pixar film, when we start developing the story, it takes about four years to make one of our films. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
You never hear of a live-action studio that has been making so-so films looking over at a studio that's making great movies… — 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
