225 Quotes by John Lasseter

Pixar films are not realistic. They are believable for the worlds we are creating.

Winnie the Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood are among the most entertaining and beloved characters ever animated by Disney.

Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was a baby, and that the big one was his mother. In that short little film, computer animation went from a novelty to a serious tool for filmmaking.

You know, going to the movies has always been recession-proof. It's fairly cheap entertainment; it's classic escapism.

I do what I do because of Walt Disney - his films and his theme park and his characters and his joy in entertaining.

The press always tends to say these companies are competitors. They are missing the point. As a fan, I want to help the industry. I would love for every studio to produce a blockbuster so we can get more talented people in the industry. Competition to us is when a family walks up to the multiplex and all those titles are up there. I want everyone to be successful.

Humor is the easiest to achieve; the 'heart' is always the toughest, because you can't tell people to feel a certain way.

When you set out to really entertain adults as well as kids, your audience is basically anybody who is breathing.

I love movies that make me cry, because they're tapping into a real emotion in me, and I always think afterwards: how did they do that?