At Pixar, we do a million versions of the movie, and every one of them goes through their awkward teenage phase where it's terrible and doesn't make sense, and we just keep working on it. Dan Scanlon More Quotes by Dan Scanlon More Quotes From Dan Scanlon There's some real dark days where you just feel like the story is falling apart in every one. Just keep moving forward, even when you are bluffing, even when you don't quite know what is going to happen next. Dan Scanlon real fall moving I was an animator for a while early on, but a 2D animator. Dan Scanlon animator No one ever tells a story to help you figure out where to go when a door closes on you. Dan Scanlon stories helping doors A lot of times, people say that if you work hard and never give up, it will always work out, which is a great message. However, that's not always the case. Dan Scanlon giving-up hard-work people I'm not really a horror movie fan. Dan Scanlon horror fans There are characters that become more popular as we fall in love with them. Dan Scanlon falling-in-love character fall I worked in the story department for years, on Cars and Toy Story 3. Dan Scanlon car stories years A director can come from anywhere, but having a story background, if you have nothing else, is probably a good thing to have because it's really the one tool you need. Dan Scanlon tools directors needs I started at Pixar the month Monsters Inc. came out. Dan Scanlon pixar months monsters I don't even know how computer animation works, honestly, and I don't need to. Dan Scanlon animation computer needs I don't need to try to push everyone out of the way and say, "This is how you do it. I actually like not knowing. I trust every lead. Dan Scanlon knowing trying needs The scary thing is that sometimes you are wrapping up animation on a sequence and you don't know how the movie ends or begins. You just have to bluff and move forward. Dan Scanlon wrapping-up scary moving-forward I'm a big comedy fan, and a fan of films. Dan Scanlon comedy film fans Sometimes we can make everything a little too perfect. I always was a fan of giving direction, but every now and then going, "I don't know. What do you think? Let's see what happens." Dan Scanlon perfect giving thinking I like sharing stuff with people. I feel like it's kind of at their own discretion, you can see too much if you want to see too much. Dan Scanlon want stuff people I actually worked for a small company in Ohio that sort of farmed out work from Disney and Dreamworks, so I really only ever worked in two studios. Dan Scanlon only small company work People will turn their noses up at a sequel or that type of thing, but Pixar really works hard - if they're making a sequel - to make a sequel an original movie, to make it an original story. Dan Scanlon will story hard people I trust every lead in every department. All of the teams are phenomenal artists. All I need to tell them is why to do something, not how to do something. Dan Scanlon need something tell trust There are certainly moments in the story room where you watch the movie die on the table. You put A next to B, and suddenly none of it lines up anymore. We feel that all the time. It's a terrible feeling. Dan Scanlon die feel you time The idea of us telling a story where a character doesn't get everything he wants at the end is one of the relatable things - dealing with failures and missteps in life - and it's something that's so rarely dealt with in movies, especially kids' movies. Dan Scanlon movies end character life
