Andrew To
Andrew To
Andrew Tois a member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council, Hong Kong. Of Hakka ancestry, he is the former chairman of League of Social Democrats from 2010 to 2011, succeeding Wong Yuk-man. His wife, Jackie Hung, was a leader of Civil Human Rights Front and Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese...
book long fans
I've been a fan of movies longer than anything else. One thing I learned a long time ago is that you can't translate a book literally to the screen. It won't work because it's a different medium. And it would be the same in reverse.
home fishing hobbies
Sadly, my hobby is what I do for work, so I don't go off and go fishing. I go home and veg, and then I go back to work.
stories fundamentals static
Change is fundamental in story. If things go static, stories die.
running strong stories
A strong theme is always running through a well-told story,
keys world vacuums
There's nothing that you like in this world that wasn't influenced by a bunch of key things; nothing came completely clean out of a vacuum.
thinking ideas way
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.
people criticism way
Working at Pixar you learn the really honest, hard way of making a great movie, which is to surround yourself with people who are much smarter than you, much more talented than you, and incite constructive criticism; you'll get a much better movie out of it.
drama anticipation uncertainty
Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty.
art inspire doe
That's what great art does - it inspires other artists to do great art, and that's what it should do.
two giving four
Don't give [the audience] four; give them two plus two.
mean facts plot
Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesnt always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experiencing it, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core.
stories care commandments
The greatest story commandment is: Make me care.
brother husband school
It's also one thing to see a celebrity or some kind of character on a TV show being gay. It's a totally different thing when you know your husband... not your husband, but your brother or your friend or the dude you hung out in high school was gay. I mean, that is what changes people's minds, what changes people's minds.
thinking rebuttal blogs
I'm not going to sit around an pretend I'm not thinking things on my blog when I am thinking them and when I'm open to rebuttal.