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Don't give [the audience] four give them two plus two.

Andrew Stanton

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Andrew Stanton
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: December 3
Actor
Animator
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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Voice Actor
Rockport
Massachusetts
Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr.
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I almost feel like its an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure. I dont want to paint the same painting again. I dont want to make the same sculpture again. Why shouldnt a big movie studio be able to make those small independent kinds of pictures? Why not change it up?
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And I'm not anti-sequel, but I just feel like there are very few ideas that are meant to be continued.
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In storytelling, the audience actually wants to work for their meal, they just don't want to know that they're doing it.
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I was that kind of kid that was going to the movies every weekend, I couldnt get enough of the movies, and now I get to make them. So I kind of have a one-track mind.
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Working at Pixar you learn the really honest, hard way of making a great movie, which is to surround yourself with people who are much smarter than you, much more talented than you, and incite constructive criticism you'll get a much better movie out of it.
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Loneliness is, I think, people's biggest fear, whether they are conscious of it or not.
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Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty.
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Sadly, my hobby is what I do for work, so I don't go off and go fishing. I go home and veg, and then I go back to work.
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I'm twice as funny, I'm twice as smart, I'm twice as whatever when I'm around other people that challenge me.
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A strong theme is always running through a well-told story.
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I almost feel like it's an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure.
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Change is fundamental in story. If things go static, stories die.
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Most people know me at Pixar as the guy that doesn't like to do sequels or very reluctant to do sequels.
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In fact, I don't think I'll ever make anything that will feel as divinely dropped in my lap as the opening of 'Wall-E.'
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If you want someone’s attention, whisper.
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A major threshold is passed when you mature enough to acknowledge what drives you, and to take the wheel and steer it.
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Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances.
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I'm a family man, I have kids, and I go to the movies. And I'm just going to make the kind of movie I want to see.
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If you don't think a film looks good then that is just a reflection of how bad the artist was that was using the paint that is really good.
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John [Lasseter] always said that he was Andy, and Joe [Ranft] and I were Sid, and I think that's true.
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