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
I think in the future we might see things arrive the way Prince announces a concert where a few days before the show he announces it and tickets just go up. You might see that with movies and other things.
Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances.
I'm a family man, I have kids, and I go to the movies. And I'm just going to make the kind of movie I want to see.
I'm twice as funny, I'm twice as smart, I'm twice as whatever when I'm around other people that challenge me.
John [Lasseter] always said that he was Andy, and Joe [Ranft] and I were Sid, and I think that's true.
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 can all be in a room on our cell phones and not have to deal with one another.
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.