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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. "
John Lasseter
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" At Pixar, 'Wall-E' was our ninth film, and they've all been successes - more than that, they've all really touched people. Everybody wonders, 'How do you do it?' Well, how do you not do it? You just work hard. "
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" When you really study espionage movies, or spy movies, the beginnings are really set up to have, like, an amazing bit of action, but at the moment you're watching it, you have no idea why or what it's about. "
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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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" I do what I do because of Walt Disney. Goofy. Mickey Mouse. I never forgot how their films entertained me. "
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" 'Cars 2' is about a character learning to be himself. There's times in our lives where people always say, 'Well, you've gotta act differently. You should always be yourself.' That's the emotional core of the story. "
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" 'Cars' is a really personal story for me because, first of all, I grew up in Los Angeles - the car crazy capital. "
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" Every technology that comes into filmmaking is first a gimmick. Think about sound with 'The Jazz Singer' or the first colour or surround sound - it takes a while for filmmakers to understand how to use it. "
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" You cannot base a whole movie on just the imagery alone. It has to be the story and the characters. "
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" I have motor oil running through my veins. "
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" For me, personally, I will always do G-rated films, which the world needs more of. "
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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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" The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story with great characters. "
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" Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director. "
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" When I look at the success I have, it's because of my creative-thinking skills. "
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" I've got Disney blood running through my veins. "
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" Pixar is not about computers, it's about people. "
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" I believe God is in the details. "
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" I'm a car nut. My father was a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership. "
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" I think that as I had children, I have five sons, and they got into video games and were the prime ages through the development of video games. It was so much fun seeing them play the games and seeing it through their eyes. "
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" It's the nature of Hollywood that there are the people in power and the people who tell them what they want them to hear. "
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" I love bringing the inanimate object to life. "
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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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" I believe in research. Each movie at Pixar involves research with college professors or taking trips to learn as much as we can about a particular subject matter. "
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