Sometimes we can make everything a little too perfect. I always was a fan of giving direction, but every now and then going, "I don't know. What do you think? Let's see what happens." — Dan Scanlon Copy Share Image
The scary thing is that sometimes you are wrapping up animation on a sequence and you don't know how the movie ends or begins.… — Dan Scanlon Copy Share Image
A director can come from anywhere, but having a story background, if you have nothing else, is probably a good thing to have because… — Dan Scanlon Copy Share Image
There are certainly moments in the story room where you watch the movie die on the table. You put A next to B, and… — Dan Scanlon Copy Share Image
I don't think at Pixar we'd ever make something that was too scary for general audiences. — Dan Scanlon Copy Share Image
I think the biggest difference is in live action, you show up, and there's a set there and a ground to stand on, at… — Dan Scanlon Copy Share Image
I actually worked for a small company in Ohio that sort of farmed out work from Disney and Dreamworks, so I really only ever… — Dan Scanlon Copy Share Image
At Pixar, we do a million versions of the movie, and every one of them goes through their awkward teenage phase where it's terrible… — Dan Scanlon Copy Share Image
I trust every lead in every department. All of the teams are phenomenal artists. All I need to tell them is why to do… — Dan Scanlon Copy Share Image
I don't need to try to push everyone out of the way and say, "This is how you do it. I actually like not… — Dan Scanlon Copy Share Image
People will turn their noses up at a sequel or that type of thing, but Pixar really works hard - if they're making a… — Dan Scanlon Copy Share Image
I think we make the movies, initially, with the one movie in mind. But we do love the characters, and so we kind of… — Dan Scanlon Copy Share Image
The idea of us telling a story where a character doesn't get everything he wants at the end is one of the relatable things… — Dan Scanlon Copy Share Image
