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The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art.

John Lasseter

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John Lasseter
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: January 12
Animator
Executive Producer
Film Director
Film Editor
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Hollywood
California
John Alan Lasseter
John A. Lasseter
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I think that the entertainment industry and the entertainment press tends to focus on opening weekend box office as a measure of the success of a film and I think the true success is out there in people's homes and how much they absolutely love these characters.
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We make the kind of movies we like to watch. I love to laugh. I love to be amazed by how beautiful it is. But I also love to be moved to tears. There's lots of heart in our films.
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Humor is the easiest to achieve the 'heart' is always the toughest, because you can't tell people to feel a certain way.
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What's fun about the story development at Pixar is it's a journey. You don't just write a script and then that's the movie you make. It's just constant evolution and being open to that and that collaboration with the voice actors and with the artists and animators at Pixar.
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If you can think about it, you can create it.
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To me, I would much rather be part of a healthy industry than being the only player in a dead industry. There are so many great artists out there. And the goal is to make great movies, you know? So to be successful, quality is the best business plan as I always say.
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The more we all help each other, the more we all benefit. So go out there. Help others.
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There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them.
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People have a real love of looking at small worlds - something inside them is innately attracted to that 'miniature' realm.
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I have this saying. Quality is the best business plan. I believe so strongly in that.
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My father pulled into Pearl Harbor four days after the bombing, and he said, everything was still burning. He said they never told the public how bad it was. It was really bad.
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Animation is the only thing I ever wanted to do in my whole life. I have no desire for live-action or anything else.
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Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium.
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To take full advantage of computer animation, you have to pay as much attention to the believable as you do the unbelievable.
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Every single Pixar film, at one time or another, has been the worst movie ever put on film. But we know. We trust our process. We don't get scared and say, 'Oh, no, this film isn't working.'
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One of the fun things about play is making up stories.
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You can achieve all the things you want to do, but it's much better to do it with loved ones around you family and friends, people that you care about that can help you on the way and can celebrate you, and you can enjoy the journey.
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I've got Disney blood running through my veins.
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'Bambi' is an amazing film, and when you watch it today, it's just as beautiful. It's timeless. It's just as beautiful today as it was back then.
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Disney Infinity gives you the ability to be creative in a way that nobody's ever seen before.
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