John Lasseter
John Lasseter
John Alan Lasseteris an American animator and film director, who is the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and DisneyToon Studios. He is also the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth12 January 1957
CountryUnited States of America
beautiful art feelings
I've always loved animation it's the reason why I do what I do for a living - the films of Walt Disney. This art form is so spectacular and beautiful. And I never quite understood the feeling amongst animation studios that audiences today only wanted to see computer animation. It's never about the medium that a film is made in, it's about the story. It's about how good the movie is.
cinema mediums audience
Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium.
character ideas inspire
There’s never a wrong idea. You just keep throwing stuff out and inevitably there are elements of different things that inspire a character or environment.
memorable character hands
It [moviemaking] is about entertaining audiences with great characters and great stories, you want to make people laugh, you want to make people cry, you want to have great music that is memorable. You want a movie that, as soon as it's over, you want to watch it again, just like that. That's what it is, whether it's live-action, animation, hand drawn, computer, special effects, puppet animation, it doesn't matter. That's the goal of a filmmaker.
children toys earth
Toys are put on this Earth to be played with by a child.
mother teacher art
My mother was a high school arts teacher, so I was always surrounded by the arts
believe pride two
I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives.
growing-up kids people
People who get into animation tend to be kids. We don't have to grow up. But also, animators are great observers, and there's this childlike wonder and interest in the world, the observation of little things that happen in life.
voice have-faith worthwhile
Your voice is worthwhile. Have faith in it.
real believe research
I believe in research you cannot do enough research; believability comes out of what's real.
artist computer animation
Computers don't create computer animation any more than a pencil creates pencil animation. What creates computer animation is the artist.
thinking ifs
If you can think about it, you can create it.
quality-not-quantity pixar best-business
Quality is the best business plan.
home sunday plans
Sunday, for me, is all about being home with the family with no plans.