John Lasseter

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

The only thing Steve Jobs has ever asked me in all the years we've been together and have been partners, the only…

— John Lasseter

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

I'm really proud of 'Cars.' 'Cars,' when it first came out, got probably the most mediocre reviews of a Pixar film.

— John Lasseter

Car love is the sound of a throaty V-8 rumbling and revving, the acceleration throwing you back in the seat - especially…

— John Lasseter

When you make these films, they become like your children. But at a certain point, they don’t belong to you anymore; they…

— John Lasseter

A gem of a short film has a sense of pure joy in animation that is different from anything you see in…

— John Lasseter

I think that as I had children, I have five sons, and they got into video games and were the prime ages…

— John Lasseter

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

I love the villains who are really hyper-smart. When at the end of the movie you find out what they were about,…

— John Lasseter

Toys are put on this Earth to be played with by a child.

— John Lasseter

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

I laugh very hard at work every day.

— John Lasseter

Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director.

— John Lasseter

I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two…

— John Lasseter

I try to make pictures I would want to see.

— John Lasseter

Animation is the one type of movie that really does play for the entire audience. Our challenge is to make stories that…

— John Lasseter

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

Probably more than any other movie we've made here at Pixar, 'Up' was the one we were the most nervous about.

— John Lasseter

I've always been thinking in three dimensions, ever since I started working with computer animation in the early '80s.

— John Lasseter

I love working for a company full of geeks.

— John Lasseter

You have to do three things really well to make a successful film. You have to tell a compelling story that has…

— John Lasseter

Slice open one of my veins and cartoons will pour out; open another vein and you'll get a flood of motor oil.

— John Lasseter

Of all studios that should be doing 2-D animation, it should be Disney.

— John Lasseter

One of the things about animation is it's so expensive to do the animation, that you can't produce coverage. You only have…

— John Lasseter