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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. "
John Lasseter
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" You can achieve all the things you want to do, but it's much better to do it with loved ones around you; family and friends, people that you care about that can help you on the way and can celebrate you, and you can enjoy the journey. "
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" Everything I do and everything Pixar does is based on a simple rule: Quality is the best business plan, period. "
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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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" 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 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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" When Walt Disney was making his films, he trusted his instincts and made films for himself, but they appealed to everybody, not just kids. "
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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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" Every Pixar film, when we start developing the story, it takes about four years to make one of our films. "
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" I love French auto design of the early '50s, '60s, early '70s of Citorens, Renaults, and Peugeots. They're so unique. "
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" I'm a big Disneyland nut. "
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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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" You know, going to the movies has always been recession-proof. It's fairly cheap entertainment; it's classic escapism. "
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" I laugh very hard at work every day. "
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" The only thing Steve Jobs has ever asked me in all the years we've been together and have been partners, the only thing he has ever asked me is: 'Make it great.' "
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" I love the Sonoma wine community. It's like Pixar - nothing competitive, only supportive. They're always rooting for you. "
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" I'm a car nut. My father was a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership. "
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" Nobody pays attention to the way a person's shirt folds around his shoulder when they sit down, but if that shirt folded in an unusual way, you'd notice it. "
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" People want to be creatively satisfied, and having fun is such an important part of that. "
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" True play is creativity. "
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" When you go into the theatre and the lights dim, you want to entertain people from beginning to end. You want them to be swept up in your story, on the edge of their seats, unable to wait to see what happens next, be blown away and afterwards just go, 'Wow!' "
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" 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.' "
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" The iPad changed my life! "
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" 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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" If you think something's stupid, it probably is. "
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" In overseeing both Disney and Pixar Animation, each studio has a unique culture. "
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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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" 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. "
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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 think the best movie ever made was 'Dumbo.' "
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