With science, there is this culture of experimentation, and most of the time, those experiments fail. John Lasseter cultureexperimentexperimentation Change image and share on social
When you really study espionage movies, or spy movies, the beginnings are really set up to have, like, an amazing bit of action, but at the moment you're watching it, you have no idea why or what it's about. John Lasseter actionamazebeginning share on social
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 animationdimensiondisney share on social
'Cars 2' is about a character learning to be himself. There's times in our lives where people always say, 'Well, you've gotta act differently. You should always be yourself.' That's the emotional core of the story. John Lasseter actcarcharacter share on social
Everything I do and everything Pixar does is based on a simple rule: Quality is the best business plan, period. John Lasseter basebusinessperiod Change image and share on social
Soon I learned that the worse the puns and jokes, the funnier they could be, if you knew how to deliver them. John Lasseter badlydeliverfunny Change image and share on social
When I was a freshman in high school, I read a book about the making of Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' called 'The Art of Animation.' It was this weird revelation for me, because I hadn't considered that people actually get paid to make cartoons. John Lasseter animationartbeauty share on social
Pixar is not about computers, it's about people. John Lasseter computerpeoplepixar Change image and share on social
At Pixar, we do sequels only when we come up with a great idea, and we always strive to be different than the original. John Lasseter greatideaoriginal Change image and share on social