Animation Quote by John Lasseter Download Open image “I don't believe that an animation studio should be an executive-driven studio.” — John Lasseter ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Animation Believe Should Studio
When business executives are making the artistic decisions and don't understand animation, things can go awry. — Don Bluth Copy Share Image
My respect for animators and animation directors has gone way, way up and it is just not something you can phone in. — Gore Verbinski Copy Share Image
In animation, the directors are part of a huge team of animators who all have opinions, too. It's a much more democratic process. Also,… — Alan Menken Copy Share Image
All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the… — Ralph Bakshi Copy Share Image
It's a strange business, and unfortunately, what we do in animation is a mystery, especially the directors. — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
I've been in charge all my damn life, but executive producing is teamwork. You're involved with every aspect of the production, from casting to… — Jenifer Lewis Copy Share Image
In most cases, I think most executive producers and studio executives really do their best to accommodate you. At least, that's been my experience… — Miguel Ferrer Copy Share Image
Our ambition is to be the center of independent animation filmmaking; to be the bravest animation studio in the world. — Travis Knight Copy Share Image
I don't think that a company should own a studio and the network, and program for their own network. It hurts the creativity -… — Scott Bakula Copy Share Image
There's no room for being a visionary in the studio system. It literally cannot exist. — Shia LaBeouf 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
If I'm doing a voice-over session, like animation or something, and I'm doing three different voices, you've gotta separate them. You've gotta find the… — Pamela Adlon Copy Share Image
What's unique about Disney Animation, many of the films have this perennial quality about them. They don't seem like old films, they still seem… — Rob Minkoff Copy Share Image
I was always tinkering around with stuff but nothing serious at the time. I was doing animations and drawing like crazy, but I wasn't… — Chad VanGaalen Copy Share Image
In feature animation, cartoony or exaggerated animation is almost taboo. There is this precedent that if you do that kind of stuff people won't… — Genndy Tartakovsky Copy Share Image
I was invited to join the MGM cartoon department. But if I'd started work in animation I'd have had to take a cut in… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I took a lot of influences from Studio Ghibli, which is the Japanese animation studio that made 'Spirited Away' and 'Castle in the Sky.'… — Jamie Hewlett Copy Share Image
I've worked in animation for a long time. I started in Spain and I wanted to make feature films. That desire to figure out… — Raul Garcia Copy Share Image
If you were to look at an old 'Betty Boop' cartoon or an 'Out of the Ink Well' animation, there are many things about… — Fred Seibert Copy Share Image
Animation has always been about technology. You can't have animation without technology. — Chris Wedge Copy Share Image
In a movie, it's often important to have aliens whose gestures and facial expressions can be 'read' by humans. And in the days before… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
Tigress is my alternate personality, especially with children. I love animation because you get to do things you don't normally get to. — Jennifer Yuh Nelson Copy Share Image