John Lasseter Quotes

I look up to Walt Disney and what he has done.

I see Walt Disney as kind of the epitome of a dreamer. He was a very forward thinker.

I do what I do because of Walt Disney. Goofy. Mickey Mouse. I never forgot how their films entertained me.

When you can see kids smiling, that's one of the best things. That's why I did 'Narnia.'

Walt Disney was not a merchant of sadness.

Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold.

I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.

I definitely think my work comes from things that I liked as a kid, and things I still like now. Monsters and magic and museums and movies, a lot of things that start with 'M' for some reason.

Reading a book, watching a movie, going to a play, it's transporting, and very, very exciting. And to be a part of that, creating things with your imagination, whoa.

I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer. Come dream with me.

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

When I turned to writing fantasy, and writing for young people, it was joyous. It was like discovering an underground lake of ideas that went on forever.

All I wanted to do was read, to be told stories. Stories were full of excitement and emotions and characters that entertained and often inspired.

When I was a kid, I saw 'Heavy Metal' the movie, and my mind was blown. I loved the idea that you could have all these different stories in different styles that are linked together.

I always thought, if I was gonna make a kids show, I would want to make something that my own 12-year-old self would love. So, I put all that in a blender and stewed it together to create 'Gravity Falls.'

I love Disney.

I think that sense of wonderment, where you walk out expecting the ordinary and are confronted by the extraordinary, is something that has always interested me, whether in TV or comic books.

I wanted to make sure that 'Up' wasn't a 3D movie about a man who sails his house to South America. It's a movie about an old man who sails his house to South America that also happens to be in 3D. So the first thing is always the story.

The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land.

I go into meetings with some film-makers and they literally have nothing to say, they're almost bored by their own material. I'd rather work with people who are very passionate and very animated about what they want to do. People who just want to tell stories.

I definitely love fantasy and would want to be in a fantasy project.

I have always really liked creating family entertainment, and Disney does that really well.

Disney was not a good animator, he didn't draw well at all, but he was always a great idea man, and a good writer.

I like 'Sponge Bob' and 'The Last Airbender.' I like shows where people get creative to do the impossible.

Walt Disney was my great hero.