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> [I had worked for a lot of directors whose work I didn't respect, and as I was editing material, I was thinking about how I would have shot the scenes and what I would have done to make the scenes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-unkrich/i-had-worked-for-a-lot-of-directors-whose-work-i-didn-t-respect-and/)

[Lee Unkrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-unkrich/)

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## More by Lee Unkrich

> [If you look at the beginning of children's entertainment in literature, the first books that were written for kids were cautionary tales. They were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-unkrich/if-you-look-at-the-beginning-of-children-s-entertainment-in/)

[Lee Unkrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-unkrich/)

> [At Pixar, I don't have to compromise at all. When I look at the finished "Toy Story 3," I don't sit and constantly think,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-unkrich/at-pixar-i-don-t-have-to-compromise-at-all-when-i-look-at-the/)

[Lee Unkrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-unkrich/)

> [I grew up loving watching movies, and at a certain point, I started to become fascinated with making movies. Then I went to film…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-unkrich/i-grew-up-loving-watching-movies-and-at-a-certain-point-i-started-to/)

[Lee Unkrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-unkrich/)

> [I had worked for a lot of directors whose work I didn't respect, and as I was editing material, I was thinking about how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-unkrich/i-had-worked-for-a-lot-of-directors-whose-work-i-didn-t-respect-and/)

[Lee Unkrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-unkrich/)

> [Finding a good kid actor is like finding a needle in a massive haystack.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-unkrich/finding-a-good-kid-actor-is-like-finding-a-needle-in-a-massive/)

[Lee Unkrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-unkrich/)

> [I love movies that are funny and scary and truly emotional all in one film, and I don't feel like I see movies like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-unkrich/i-love-movies-that-are-funny-and-scary-and-truly-emotional-all-in-one/)

[Lee Unkrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-unkrich/)

> [People talk a lot about Pixar going off the rails. A lot of people are saying they aren't happy that we are making sequels.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-unkrich/people-talk-a-lot-about-pixar-going-off-the-rails-a-lot-of-people-are/)

[Lee Unkrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-unkrich/)

> [I think the moment you try to make a movie for kids, you make garbage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-unkrich/i-think-the-moment-you-try-to-make-a-movie-for-kids-you-make-garbage/)

[Lee Unkrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-unkrich/)

> [You can be stuck for two weeks on a problem, and then you get the right couple of people in a room, and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-unkrich/you-can-be-stuck-for-two-weeks-on-a-problem-and-then-you-get-the/)

[Lee Unkrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-unkrich/)

> [I just ended up focusing on film editing as I was getting my career started. I'm very passionate about editing and will continue to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-unkrich/i-just-ended-up-focusing-on-film-editing-as-i-was-getting-my-career/)

[Lee Unkrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-unkrich/)

> [My favorite film is 'The Shining,' mostly because it was the film that inspired me to become a filmmaker myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-unkrich/my-favorite-film-is-the-shining-mostly-because-it-was-the-film-that/)

[Lee Unkrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-unkrich/)

> [Every one of us at Pixar is worried that we're going to be the one to make the dud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-unkrich/every-one-of-us-at-pixar-is-worried-that-we-re-going-to-be-the-one-to/)

[Lee Unkrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-unkrich/)

> [Kids don't have the same sense of their own mortality as adults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-unkrich/kids-don-t-have-the-same-sense-of-their-own-mortality-as-adults/)

[Lee Unkrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-unkrich/)

> [It wasn't the first film to show a kind of alternate vision of suburbia, but it left an indelible impression, I think, on everybody,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-unkrich/it-wasn-t-the-first-film-to-show-a-kind-of-alternate-vision-of/)

[Lee Unkrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-unkrich/)

> [If we can tell a good story with characters audiences can care about, I'd like to think that prejudices can fall aside and people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-unkrich/if-we-can-tell-a-good-story-with-characters-audiences-can-care-about/)

[Lee Unkrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-unkrich/)

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