John Lasseter Quotes

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John Lasseter

Profession : Director

Birth : January 12, 1957

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, 'Ok, be sad now.'

John Lasseter

My mother was a high school arts teacher, so I was always surrounded by the arts.

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Fortunately for me, I'm married to an amazing woman - Nancy Lasseter - who is wise enough not to let me buy every car I want. If I was single, I would be living in a very small apartment and renting a warehouse full of cool cars.

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Computers don't create computer animation any more than a pencil creates pencil animation. What creates computer animation is the artist.

John Lasseter

Pixar is not about computers, it's about people.

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A good part of my leadership skills is crafted from learning from experiences early in my career that were not positive experiences.

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People want to be creatively satisfied, and having fun is such an important part of that.

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I have motor oil running through my veins.

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'Cars' was about Lightning McQueen learning to slow down and to enjoy life. The journey is the reward.

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'Cars' is simply near and dear to my heart.

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If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation that's entertaining you as you drive and listen? No, it's the storytelling. That's why we put so much importance on story. No amount of great animation will save a bad story.

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Walt Disney always said, 'For every laugh, there should be a tear.' I believe in that.

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I've noticed with my own kids, it seems like they have so much more homework than I did.

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My brother liked sewing and sculpting and making things, and my sister sewed and painted and cooked and baked. She's a professional baker now and makes the most gorgeous sculpture-like cakes. She's the queen of wedding cakes in the Lake Tahoe area.

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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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In an animated film you can do whatever you want, but that doesn't mean you should do everything you want.

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I worry about kids today not having time to build a tree house or ride a bike or go fishing. I worry that life is getting faster and faster.

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Every young person gets so excited about new software packages and new technology.

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I don't really think of myself as a businessman at all. That's why I have the 'chief creative officer' role.

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I am, by nature, an honest person. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. There is no 'behind closed doors' with me.

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