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" Pixar has invented much of computer animation as it's known today, and I've been very lucky to be the first traditional animator to work with computer animation. "

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" People who get into animation tend to be kids. We don't have to grow up. But also, animators are great observers, and there's this childlike wonder and interest in the world, the observation of little things that happen in life. "

John Lasseter

Great

Little Things

People

" I don't believe that an animation studio should be an executive-driven studio. "

" I'm a huge fan of Blu-rays myself. "

" I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives. "

John Lasseter

Great

Busy

" Everything I do and everything Pixar does is based on a simple rule: Quality is the best business plan, period. "

" True play is creativity. "

" 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

Film

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. "

" Every movie has three things you have to do - you have to have a compelling story that keeps people on the edge of their seats; you have to populate that story with memorable and appealing characters; and you have to put that story and those characters in a believable world. Those three things are so vitally important. "

" 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. "

" To me, I would much rather be part of a healthy industry than being the only player in a dead industry. "

John Lasseter

Much

Dead

" 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

Made

Making

" '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. "

" The iPad changed my life! "

" I never quite understood why Disney hadn't made a sincere fairy tale since 'Beauty and the Beast.' "

" I've got Disney blood running through my veins. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

John Lasseter

Years

Great

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

John Lasseter

Job

Talent

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

" 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. "

" I believe that, by directing, it makes me a better executive as well. "

" Art challenges technology, but technology inspires the art. "

" Pixar's short films convinced Disney that if the company could produce memorable characters within five minutes, then the confidence was there in creating a feature film with those abilities in story and character development. "

" For me, personally, I will always do G-rated films, which the world needs more of. "

John Lasseter

Always

World

" We use shorts at the studio extensively to develop talent. I always love to give opportunities for young story people, animators, layout people something like that to take the next step up in their career and try things out. "

" Soon I learned that the worse the puns and jokes, the funnier they could be, if you knew how to deliver them. "

" I love working for a company full of geeks. "

" My father pulled into Pearl Harbor four days after the bombing, and he said, everything was still burning. He said they never told the public how bad it was. It was really bad. "

" 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. "