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" Soon I learned that the worse the puns and jokes, the funnier they could be, if you knew how to deliver them. "
John Lasseter
Deliver
You
Worse
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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Made
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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 can't tell you, as a parent, how it feels when the doctor tells you your child has diabetes. First off, you don't really know much about it. Then you discover there is no cure. "
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" I have motor oil running through my veins. "
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Veins
Motor
" 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. "
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You
Story
People
" For me, personally, I will always do G-rated films, which the world needs more of. "
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Me
Always
World
" People want to be creatively satisfied, and having fun is such an important part of that. "
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Having Fun
Fun
Want
" 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. "
John Lasseter
Moment
You
Action
" 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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Drive
Story
Movies
" Every Pixar movie at one time was the worst motion picture ever made. "
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Time
Worst
Ever
" I was mentored by great Disney animators at the end of their careers. "
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Careers
Disney
End
" 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. "
John Lasseter
Hollywood
Want
Nature
" 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.' "
John Lasseter
True
You
Audience
" 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. "
John Lasseter
Said
Favorite
Top
" The specific influences on villains to me is, I love the villains who are really hyper-smart. When at the end of the movie you find out what they were about, and it makes absolutely perfect sense from their point of view. "
John Lasseter
Perfect
Love
Me
" I try to make pictures I would want to see. "
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Pictures
Would
Want
" 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. "
John Lasseter
Brother
Queen
Lake
" 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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Me
Years
Great
" I'm a huge fan of Blu-rays myself. "
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Huge
Myself
Huge Fan
" I believe that, by directing, it makes me a better executive as well. "
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I Believe
Better
Believe
" 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. "
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Young
Story
Talent
" 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. "
John Lasseter
Cool
Home
Loved
" When you can have a character that the audience likes from the beginning, but then you put them in a situation where they grow - I think that gives it a lot of heart. "
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Beginning
Character
Heart
" The magic of Disneyland, walking through the tunnel underneath the train station to Main Street, it just transports you to other places and other times. "
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Street
You
Walking
" I do what I do because of Walt Disney. Goofy. Mickey Mouse. I never forgot how their films entertained me. "
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Me
Because
Mickey Mouse
" In computer animation, every detail has to be thought out, designed, modeled, shaded, placed and lit. The more you add, the more computer memory you need. "
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