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
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
I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two… — 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
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
You need others. Too often people think that being unique means being isolated, and being a great artist means coming up with… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
When you go into the theatre and the lights dim, you want to entertain people from beginning to end. You want them… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
People want to be creatively satisfied, and having fun is such an important part of that. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
People have a real love of looking at small worlds - something inside them is innately attracted to that 'miniature' realm. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
The interstate highway system was built to get people from point A to point B as fast as possible. And they knocked… — 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
'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
We work very hard in all of the Pixar films to not make anything in the imagery that causes people to think… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
Every movie has three things you have to do - you have to have a compelling story that keeps people on the… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
We use shorts at the studio extensively to develop talent. I always love to give opportunities for young story people, animators, layout… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I realized that people make cartoons for a living. It had never dawned on me that you could do this as a… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I've often heard people say that managing creative people is the hardest thing in the world. 'They're never happy, they drive up… — 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
You can achieve all the things you want to do, but it's much better to do it with loved ones around you;… — 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
As a filmmaker, I'm very collaborative. I don't pretend to know everything that is needed to make a movie. What I like… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
It's the nature of Hollywood that there are the people in power and the people who tell them what they want them… — 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
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
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