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I've got Disney blood running through my veins.

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
Disney
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I believe in research you cannot do enough research believability comes out of what's real.
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There’s never a wrong idea. You just keep throwing stuff out and inevitably there are elements of different things that inspire a character or environment.
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I do what I do because of Walt Disney - his films and his theme park and his characters and his joy in entertaining.
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I love movies that make me cry, because they're tapping into a real emotion in me, and I always think afterwards How did they do that?
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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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Disney Infinity gives you the ability to be creative in a way that nobody's ever seen before.
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I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives.
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Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was a baby, and that the big one was his mother. In that short little film, computer animation went from a novelty to a serious tool for filmmaking.
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When I look at the success I have, it's because of my creative thinking skills.
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One of the big technical advances that's really great looking is the water.
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This is what I always tell my filmmakers-you have to do tons of research, because you don't know where the inspiration is going come from.
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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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At Pixar, after every movie we have postmortum meetings where we discuss what worked and what didn't work.
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Soon I learned that the worse the puns and jokes, the funnier they could be, if you knew how to deliver them.
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I realized that people make cartoons for a living. It had never dawned on me that you could do this as a career.
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If you can think about it, you can create it.
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Animation is the one type of movie that really does play for the entire audience. Our challenge is to make stories that connect for kids and adults.
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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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I think the painted backgrounds in animations are absolutely stunningly beautiful. There's something really special about this medium. I don't believe audiences have grown past it. I think what audiences love is to be entertained-thoroughly, deeply entertained, and that's what I've always set out to do.
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Directing is one of my favourite things to do because I love telling stories and I love working with the individual artists and it's something that I really missed.
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