Quotes by John Lasseter

About John Lasseter:

John Alan Lasseter is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer and the chief creative officer of Pixar, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and DisneyToon Studios. He is also the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering.
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You cannot base a whole movie on just the imagery alone. It has to be the story and the characters.

John Lasseter

The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story with great characters.

John Lasseter

'Bambi' is an amazing film, and when you watch it today, it's just as beautiful. It's timeless. It's just as beautiful today as it was back then.

John Lasseter

There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them.

John Lasseter

Fortunately for me, I'm married to an amazing woman - Nancy Lasseter - who is wise enough not to let me buy every car I want. If I was single, I would be living in a very small apartment and renting a warehouse full of cool cars.

John Lasseter

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

The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art.

John Lasseter

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

I quickly realized that this medium had a lot to offer someone like me. To do Disney-quality hand-drawn cartoons, you have to be a master of two art forms. Seriously, you have to be able to draw like a Leonardo da Vinci or a Michelangelo. But also yo...

John Lasseter

Art challenges technology, but technology inspires the art.

John Lasseter

Everything I do and everything Pixar does is based on a simple rule: Quality is the best business plan, period.

John Lasseter

I think the best movie ever made was 'Dumbo.'

John Lasseter

At Pixar, we've been huge fans of any new technology that makes the viewer experience of our movies better. Blu-ray is the best yet because the picture quality, especially for our movies, is unbelievable.

John Lasseter

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.

John Lasseter

In dire economic times, movies are relatively inexpensive entertainment for the whole family.

John Lasseter

Sunday, for me, is all about being home with the family with no plans.

John Lasseter

I never quite understood why Disney hadn't made a sincere fairy tale since 'Beauty and the Beast.'

John Lasseter

I loved animation and cartoons, even when it was not cool when you were in high school. I raced home to see the Bugs Bunny cartoons.

John Lasseter

I love Japan. I love the collision of the modern and ancient worlds coming together in that place. It's so high-tech and cool.

John Lasseter

Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium.

John Lasseter

Author Bio

  • NameJohn Lasseter
  • DescriptionAmerican animator, film director, screenwriter, producer
  • AliasesJohn Alan Lasseter
  • BornJanuary 12, 1957
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Film Producer; Screenwriter; Animator
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Animated Short Film; Special Achievement Academy Award; Annie Award