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" I have met a lot of top chefs around the world during my travels. Each one of them has said 'Ratatouille' is their favorite movie and the only movie that truly captures what they do. "

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" Today, among little girls especially, princesses and the romanticised ideal they represent - finding the man of your dreams - have a limited shelf life. "

John Lasseter

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" I always laugh at these companies that have these rules saying, 'You're only allowed to have this or that on your desk.' It's no fun to work at a place like that. "

" Pixar films are not realistic. They are believable for the worlds we are creating. "

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

" I think the best movie ever made was 'Dumbo.' "

" 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. "

" I believe once you watch a Miyazaki film, you'll get hooked. "

" 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. "

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

" Every Pixar film, when we start developing the story, it takes about four years to make one of our films. "

" I love the Sonoma wine community. It's like Pixar - nothing competitive, only supportive. They're always rooting for you. "

" In overseeing both Disney and Pixar Animation, each studio has a unique culture. "

" Of all studios that should be doing 2-D animation, it should be Disney. "

" I've always been thinking in three dimensions, ever since I started working with computer animation in the early '80s. "

" When you set out to really entertain adults as well as kids, your audience is basically anybody who is breathing. "

" I've often heard people say that managing creative people is the hardest thing in the world. 'They're never happy, they drive up the cost of things, blah blah blah.' I just manage people the way I always wanted to be managed. That is, to be creatively challenged, but never to be told what to do. "

" There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them. "

John Lasseter

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" I love Japan. I love the collision of the modern and ancient worlds coming together in that place. It's so high-tech and cool. "

" I'm a car nut. My father was a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership. "

" When Walt Disney was making his films, he trusted his instincts and made films for himself, but they appealed to everybody, not just kids. "

John Lasseter

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Making

" Of all bugs, growing up I just loved the pill bugs. They roll up, you play with them, you wait for them to open up, and then when you touch them they roll up again. I just love that. "

" There was a period of time when they estimated the two biggest stars in Hollywood were Charlie Chaplin and Mickey Mouse. "

" '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. "

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

" When you take something that's inert, and through motion, give it life, make it appear to be alive, living, breathing thinking and having emotions, that's animation. But when you take something that's live-action, and move a part of it, that's a special effect. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" I do what I do because of Walt Disney - his films and his theme park and his characters and his joy in entertaining. "

" I do what I do because of Walt Disney. Goofy. Mickey Mouse. I never forgot how their films entertained me. "

John Lasseter

Because

Mickey Mouse

" I love 3-D. I have been a big fan of 3-D for a long, long time. I took my 1988 wedding pictures in 3-D! "