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
If you want someone’s attention, whisper.
In storytelling, the audience actually wants to work for their meal, they just don't want to know that they're doing it.
The best stories infuse wonder,
I never think about the audience. If someone gives me a marketing report, I throw it away.
I almost feel like it’s an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure.
A major threshold is passed when you mature enough to acknowledge what drives you, and to take the wheel and steer it.
Frankly, there isn't anyone you couldn't learn to love once you've heard their story.
I had never touched a computer in my life before I came to Pixar.
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.
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.
And I'm not anti-sequel, but I just feel like there are very few ideas that are meant to be continued.
Even as a kid I was never the generator of humor, but I always knew who was funny, who to hang out with.
Loneliness is, I think, people's biggest fear, whether they are conscious of it or not.
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.'