Car love is the sound of a throaty V-8 rumbling and revving, the acceleration throwing you back in the seat - especially… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
The specific influences on villains to me is, I love the villains who are really hyper-smart. When at the end of the… — 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… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
Nobody pays attention to the way a person's shirt folds around his shoulder when they sit down, but if that shirt folded… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
In an animated film you can do whatever you want, but that doesn't mean you should do everything you want. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I loved animation and cartoons, even when it was not cool when you were in high school. I raced home to see… — 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
The greatest bad guys, you understand where they're coming from. They believe they're doing the right thing. Sometimes it's for greed, sometimes… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
When you really study espionage movies, or spy movies, the beginnings are really set up to have, like, an amazing bit of… — 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
In computer animation, every detail has to be thought out, designed, modeled, shaded, placed and lit. The more you add, the more… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
When you set out to really entertain adults as well as kids, your audience is basically anybody who is breathing. — 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
You know, going to the movies has always been recession-proof. It's fairly cheap entertainment; it's classic escapism. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I can't tell you, as a parent, how it feels when the doctor tells you your child has diabetes. First off, you… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
If you've seen 'Spirited Away', 'Spirited Away' is set in a very, very Japanese sensibility. And so, to Japanese audiences, when Sen… — 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
When you can have a character that the audience likes from the beginning, but then you put them in a situation where… — 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
I think 'Disney Infinity' is exciting. It's hard to even call it a video game, because it's so different. What excites me… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
What I love about Goofy is the flesh on his cheeks. You can almost feel it. — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
I always laugh at these companies that have these rules saying, 'You're only allowed to have this or that on your desk.'… — 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