With the first 'Toy Story,' we didn't know what the hell we were doing. We'd never made a movie before, so we went down a lot of blind alleys along the way. We went through seven different writers before we… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
I feel like my job as a storyteller and director is to create an experience where the audience forgets they're in a cinema and can get lost in the story. Things popping out of the screen call attention to the… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
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… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
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,… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
I grew up loving watching movies, and at a certain point, I started to become fascinated with making movies. Then I went to film… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
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… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
Finding a good kid actor is like finding a needle in a massive haystack. — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
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… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
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.… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
I think the moment you try to make a movie for kids, you make garbage. — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
You can be stuck for two weeks on a problem, and then you get the right couple of people in a room, and in… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
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… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
My favorite film is 'The Shining,' mostly because it was the film that inspired me to become a filmmaker myself. — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
Every one of us at Pixar is worried that we're going to be the one to make the dud. — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
