Andrew Stanton
Andrew Stanton
Andrew Stantonis an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and voice actor based at Pixar Animation Studios. His film work includes writing and directing Pixar's A Bug's Life, Finding Nemo, and WALL-E, and the live-action film, Disney's John Carter. He also co-wrote all three Toy Story films and Monsters, Inc...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth3 December 1965
CityRockport, MA
CountryUnited States of America
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.
Change is fundamental in story. If things go static, stories die.
I had never touched a computer in my life before I came to Pixar.
Most people know me at Pixar as the guy that doesn't like to do sequels or very reluctant to do sequels.
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.
There's a lot of downsides to social media, but one of the nice things is that you can cut through all the BS and go straight to the person and ask them directly. I think that's a wonderful thing. I love talking to people who are true fans or who have a true love of cinema, and so if I can talk to them directly, great.
I've always felt you unearth story, like you're on an archeological dig.
I've always been shocked and waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop that a girl would ever talk to me, let alone want to marry me. They always seem to hold the power to me, and from my mother to my wife to my daughter, every time I try to really figure them out, and think I've got them pegged, I pay for it.
I'm a family man, I have kids, and I go to the movies. And I'm just going to make the kind of movie I want to see.
I'm twice as funny, I'm twice as smart, I'm twice as whatever when I'm around other people that challenge me.
Frankly, there isn't anyone you couldn't learn to love once you've heard their story.
A major threshold is passed when you mature enough to acknowledge what drives you, and to take the wheel and steer it.
I almost feel like it’s an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure.
I never think about the audience. If someone gives me a marketing report, I throw it away.