John Lasseter
John Lasseter
John Alan Lasseteris an American animator and film director, who is the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and DisneyToon Studios. He is also the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth12 January 1957
CountryUnited States of America
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When Walt Disney was making his films, he trusted his instincts and made films for himself, but they appealed to everybody, not just kids.
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We use shorts at the studio extensively to develop talent. I always love to give opportunities for young story people, animators, layout people something like that to take the next step up in their career and try things out.
When you're a director, you really live whatever you do.
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When you can have a character that the audience likes from the beginning, but then you put them in a situation where they grow - I think that gives it a lot of heart.
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I promise you we will make films that entertain you the moment the lights go down. We're making Disney the one place you have to work (as an animator).
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I love the work of Hayao Miyazaki. 'My Neighbor Totoro' and 'Castle in the Sky' are two of the great films that he's made that I just love.
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I do what I do because of Walt Disney. Goofy. Mickey Mouse. I never forgot how their films entertained me.
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You never hear of a live-action studio that has been making so-so films looking over at a studio that's making great movies and going, 'Oh, we see the difference - we're using a different camera.'
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Every Pixar film, when we start developing the story, it takes about four years to make one of our films.
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'Bolt' was made by Walt Disney Animation Studios, not by Pixar.
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I never quite understood why Disney hadn't made a sincere fairy tale since 'Beauty and the Beast.'
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I have loved automobiles and the world of racing for a long time and 'Cars' is a very personal story to me. This premiere event is the perfect way to debut our film to racing and movie enthusiasts.
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I love bringing the inanimate object to life.
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I am, by nature, an honest person. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. There is no 'behind closed doors' with me.