I've always been thinking in three dimensions, ever since I started working with computer animation in the early '80s. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
When you take something that's inert, and through motion, give it life, make it appear to be alive, living, breathing thinking and… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I love movies that make me cry, because they're tapping into a real emotion in me, and I always think afterwards: how… — 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
I think the painted backgrounds in animations are absolutely stunningly beautiful. There's something really special about this medium. I don't believe audiences… — 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
The spy genre is something I loved.It also extends to the bad guy because I think, to me, what I love the… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
When I look at the success I have, it's because of my creative-thinking skills. — 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
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
