Every animator is really an actor performing in slow motion, living the character a drawing at a time. John Lasseter More Quotes by John Lasseter More Quotes From John Lasseter 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. John Lasseter details add memories Every young person gets so excited about new software packages and new technology. John Lasseter excited technology young I realized that people make cartoons for a living. It had never dawned on me that you could do this as a career. John Lasseter careers cartoon people Soon I learned that the worse the puns and jokes, the funnier they could be, if you knew how to deliver them. John Lasseter pun jokes talking Walt Disney had always tried to get more dimension in his animation and when I saw these tapes, I thought, This is it! This is what Walt was waiting for! But when I looked around, nobody at the studio at the time was even halfway interested in it. John Lasseter tape saws waiting 'Bambi' is an amazing film, and when you watch it today, it's just as beautiful. It's timeless. It's just as beautiful today as it was back then. John Lasseter beautiful today watches To me, I would much rather be part of a healthy industry than being the only player in a dead industry. There are so many great artists out there. And the goal is to make great movies, you know? So to be successful, quality is the best business plan as I always say. John Lasseter artist player successful 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. Humor, you can add. Even to the last minute you can be adding little bits of humor. But the true earned emotion is something that you really have to craft. John Lasseter add believe needs The closer you get to reality, the harder it is to make it look convincing to the audience. That's why I tend to make things [films] that are a little bit more caricature. John Lasseter littles reality looks 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 smart views perfect One of the big technical advances that's really great looking is the water. John Lasseter really-great bigs water I always loved the idea of a spy movie and part of it came from my personal love of spy movies. It started when I was growing up as a little kid in the 60s. John Lasseter growing-up kids ideas What's fun about the story development at Pixar is it's a journey. You don't just write a script and then that's the movie you make. It's just constant evolution and being open to that and that collaboration with the voice actors and with the artists and animators at Pixar. John Lasseter artist writing fun I'm the biggest fan of animation. I love the history of animation, I know it well. John Lasseter animation wells fans I have this saying. Quality is the best business plan. I believe so strongly in that. John Lasseter best-business quality believe It’s been brought to my attention that I have made some of you feel disrespected or uncomfortable. That was never my intent. Collectively, you mean the world to me, and I deeply apologize if I have let you down. I especially want to apologize to anyone who has ever been on the receiving end of an unwanted hug or any other gesture they felt crossed the line in any way, shape, or form. John Lasseter entertainment People will tell you, ‘That’s not going to work,’ but yeah, that’s going to work, but the reason they say that is because it’s not what they are used to. John Lasseter entertainment Things looked kind of plastic and we thought:’What if the characters were made of plastic? What if they were toys?’ and it’s one of the reasons we leaned into making toys the subject of our feature film, ‘Toy Story.’. John Lasseter entertainment We enjoyed making 'Frozen Fever' so much and being back in that world with those characters, jennifer Lee and Chris Buck have come up with a great idea for a sequel. John Lasseter company-news 'Cars' is simply near and dear to my heart. John Lasseter near simply dear heart
