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The thing about working at Pixar is that everyone around you is smarter and funnier and cleverer than you and they all think the same about everyone else. Its a nice problem to have.

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Andrew Stanton
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: December 3
Actor
Animator
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Voice Actor
Rockport
Massachusetts
Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr.
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Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesnt always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experiencing it, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core.
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The best stories infuse wonder.
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I've always been shocked and waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop that a girl would ever talk to me, let alone want to marry me. They always seem to hold the power to me, and from my mother to my wife to my daughter, every time I try to really figure them out, and think I've got them pegged, I pay for it.
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There's always one sequence in every animated film that's the bane of every animator's existence.
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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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I think in the future we might see things arrive the way Prince announces a concert where a few days before the show he announces it and tickets just go up. You might see that with movies and other things.
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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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I mean, frankly, I'm not speaking as a representative of Disney or Pixar, I'm speaking as just myself as a filmmaker: I don't go into anything that often thinking about a sequel.
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I've been a fan of movies longer than anything else. One thing I learned a long time ago is that you can't translate a book literally to the screen. It won't work because it's a different medium. And it would be the same in reverse.
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Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty.
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I've always felt you unearth story, like you're on an archeological dig.
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Art is messy, art is chaos - so you need a system.
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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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Frankly, there isn't anyone you couldn't learn to love once you've heard their story.
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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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Change is fundamental in story. If things go static, stories die.
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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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Don't give [the audience] four give them two plus two.
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That's what great art does - it inspires other artists to do great art, and that's what it should do.
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I never think about the audience. If someone gives me a marketing report, I throw it away.
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