Art is messy, art is chaos - so you need a system. Andrew Stanton More Quotes by Andrew Stanton More Quotes From Andrew Stanton Working at Pixar you learn the really honest, hard way of making a great movie, which is to surround yourself with people who are much smarter than you, much more talented than you, and incite constructive criticism; you'll get a much better movie out of it. Andrew Stanton criticism people way The way Pixar has always worked is that we think of an idea and then we make it. We don't develop lots of ideas and then pick one. Andrew Stanton way ideas thinking I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie. Andrew Stanton good-movie honor book Most people know me at Pixar as the guy that doesn't like to do sequels or very reluctant to do sequels. Andrew Stanton pixar guy people John [Lasseter] always said that he was Andy, and Joe [Ranft] and I were Sid, and I think that's true. Andrew Stanton sids said thinking I had never touched a computer in my life before I came to Pixar. Andrew Stanton pixar touched computer In storytelling, the audience actually wants to work for their meal, they just don't want to know that they're doing it. Andrew Stanton storytelling meals want I've been a fan of movies longer than anything else. One thing I learned a long time ago is that you can't translate a book literally to the screen. It won't work because it's a different medium. And it would be the same in reverse. Andrew Stanton would-be long book There's nothing that you like in this world that wasn't influenced by a bunch of key things; nothing came completely clean out of a vacuum. Andrew Stanton vacuums keys world I'm still craving approval from my parents. It took a lot of success for me to realize it was never coming. It's just not in their nature. Andrew Stanton realizing parent approval Even as a kid I was never the generator of humor, but I always knew who was funny, who to hang out with. Andrew Stanton generator hanging-out kids In fact, I don't think I'll ever make anything that will feel as divinely dropped in my lap as the opening of 'Wall-E.' Andrew Stanton lap wall thinking And I'm not anti-sequel, but I just feel like there are very few ideas that are meant to be continued. Andrew Stanton sequels feels ideas I was that kind of kid that was going to the movies every weekend, I couldnt get enough of the movies, and now I get to make them. So I kind of have a one-track mind. Andrew Stanton weekend track kids I've always felt you unearth story, like you're on an archeological dig. Andrew Stanton felt like-you stories Sadly, my hobby is what I do for work, so I don't go off and go fishing. I go home and veg, and then I go back to work. Andrew Stanton hobbies fishing home Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances. Andrew Stanton titles hollywood mean I think in the future we might see things arrive the way Prince announces a concert where a few days before the show he announces it and tickets just go up. You might see that with movies and other things. Andrew Stanton might way thinking The thing about working at Pixar is that everyone around you is smarter and funnier and cleverer than you and they all think the same about everyone else. Its a nice problem to have. Andrew Stanton nice problem thinking I mean, frankly, I'm not speaking as a representative of Disney or Pixar, I'm speaking as just myself as a filmmaker: I don't go into anything that often thinking about a sequel. Andrew Stanton pixar mean thinking
