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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. "
John Lasseter
Animation
Only
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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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" I never quite understood why Disney hadn't made a sincere fairy tale since 'Beauty and the Beast.' "
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" I laugh very hard at work every day. "
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" With science, there is this culture of experimentation, and most of the time, those experiments fail. "
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" Toys are put on this Earth to be played with by a child. "
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" I was born in 1957, so when I was a kid, there wasn't anything called a video game. When 'Pong' came out, it was awesome. "
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" I do what I do because of Walt Disney. Goofy. Mickey Mouse. I never forgot how their films entertained me. "
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Because
Mickey Mouse
" 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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" As a filmmaker, I'm very collaborative. I don't pretend to know everything that is needed to make a movie. What I like to do is get together with a group of people, starting with developing the story and bounce around ideas. "
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Ideas
Know
" I was mentored by great Disney animators at the end of their careers. "
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Disney
End
" If you've seen 'Spirited Away', 'Spirited Away' is set in a very, very Japanese sensibility. And so, to Japanese audiences, when Sen would walk up, the main character, and look at this big building with a flag on it with Japanese writing on it, everyone in Japan would know what that is. "
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Flag
Writing
Building
" Take any movie with an actor you like. Turn your head and just listen to the performance. In some cases, the physical presence remains as strong when you can't see the actor, when it's just the voice. "
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Strong
Voice
You
" In overseeing both Disney and Pixar Animation, each studio has a unique culture. "
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Both
Unique
Studio
" The Walt Disney Animation studio is the studio that Walt Disney started himself in 1923, and it's never stopped and never closed its doors and never stopped making animation, and it keeps going as kind of the heart and soul of the company. "
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Soul
Kind
Company
" I think 'Disney Infinity' is exciting. It's hard to even call it a video game, because it's so different. What excites me about this is how it's going to put more and more of what happens in the game into the hands of the user; it's up to them. You can play it to where everything's laid out for you. "
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Me
Game
Think
" I loved animation and cartoons, even when it was not cool when you were in high school. I raced home to see the Bugs Bunny cartoons. "
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Cool
Home
Loved
" I'm a huge fan of Blu-rays myself. "
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Huge
Myself
Huge Fan
" I have motor oil running through my veins. "
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Oil
Veins
Motor
" 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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Living
Never
You
" I'm a big Disneyland nut. "
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Big
Nut
Disneyland
" Steve Jobs is like a brother to me and he's one of the founders of Pixar, and when the first iPad came out, I got one right away. "
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Brother
Away
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" I love the work of Hayao Miyazaki. 'My Neighbor Totoro' and 'Castle in the Sky' are two of the great films that he's made that I just love. "
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Sky
Love
Neighbor
" Sunday, for me, is all about being home with the family with no plans. "
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Home
Sunday
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" I am so proud that 'Up' is Pixar's 10th film. I think it's the funniest film that we've ever made and also one of the most beautiful. "
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Film
Up
Think
" Every young person gets so excited about new software packages and new technology. "
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New
Person
Software
" 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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Know
Process
" 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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Play
Audience
Animation
" I'm a car nut. My father was a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership. "
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Nut
Manager
Car
" When I started work with LucasArts Computer Division back in 1984, I went to the Palace of Fine Arts and saw the Festival of Animation for the first time. I loved the diverse collection of animated films the festival held. "
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