225 Quotes by John Lasseter

One of the big technical advances that’s really great looking is the water.

You can achieve all the things you want to do, but it’s much better to do it with loved ones around you; family and friends, people that you care about that can help you on the way and can celebrate you, and you can enjoy the journey.

I’ve got Disney blood running through my veins.

At Pixar, after every movie we have postmortum meetings where we discuss what worked and what didn’t work.

When I look at the success I have, it’s because of my creative thinking skills.

Every single Pixar film, at one time or another, has been the worst movie ever put on film. But we know. We trust our process. We don’t get scared and say, ‘Oh, no, this film isn’t working.’

One of the things about animation is it’s so expensive to do the animation, that you can’t produce coverage. You only have one chance to make every shot.

Directing is one of my favourite things to do because I love telling stories and I love working with the individual artists and it’s something that I really missed.

This is what I always tell my filmmakers-you have to do tons of research, because you don’t know where the inspiration is going come from.