Quotes by Andrew Stanton

About Andrew Stanton:

Andrew Stanton is 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 (1998) (as co-director), Finding Nemo (2003), and WALL-E (2008), and his first live-action film, John Carter (2012). He also co-wrote all three Toy Story films and Monsters, Inc. (2001)
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In fact, I don't think I'll ever make anything that will feel as divinely dropped in my lap as the opening of 'Wall-E.'

Andrew Stanton

I've always felt you unearth story, like you're on an archeological dig.

Andrew Stanton

We all fall into our habits, our routines, our ruts. They're used quite often, consciously or unconsciously, to avoid living, to avoid doing the messy part of having relationships with other people, of dealing with a person next to us. That's why we ...

Andrew Stanton

If you're trying to do multiple agendas, you'll confuse yourself as a storyteller. If you have one purpose, everything else will fall into place.

Andrew Stanton

Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances.

Andrew Stanton

The thing about working at Pixar is that everyone around you is smarter and funnier and cleverer than you and they all think the same about everyone else. It's a nice problem to have.

Andrew Stanton

Well, I have no problem with 3-D but I don't think it's necessarily a blanket requirement for every film.

Andrew Stanton

And I'm not anti-sequel, but I just feel like there are very few ideas that are meant to be continued.

Andrew Stanton

I mean, frankly, I'm not speaking as a representative of Disney or Pixar, I'm speaking as just myself as a filmmaker: I don't go into anything that often thinking about a sequel.

Andrew Stanton

The way Pixar has always worked is that we think of an idea and then we make it. We don't develop lots of ideas and then pick one.

Andrew Stanton

I think you could go back to any filmmaker or musician or artist, and look at what their input was in their formative years, and you could trace all the lines.

Andrew Stanton

Author Bio

  • NameAndrew Stanton
  • DescriptionAmerican film director
  • BornDecember 3, 1965
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Screenwriter; Film Producer; Actor
  • AwardsAnnie Award