John Lasseter Quotes

These days, you don't need a song or glamour to make your film work. It is all about a good story.

With movies, you are always in search is a good story, one that everyone will relate to and love. I love finding those stories and creating a visual world to tell the story.

You cannot base a whole movie on just the imagery alone. It has to be the story and the characters.

A great screenplay makes everybody step up to the bar and deliver.

All the lessons you learn in film school from the people you hate are always the ones that are important. The lessons you think are great and thankful for never end up meaning anything to you.

There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven't found too many great scripts.

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

A good script and perfect casting, that's 90 percent of the work.

The problem with trying to make a film good and have it work for an audience is the problem of trying to tell a story well. The shape or the color of it doesn't matter.

Some of my favorite movies are action movies. You want something good to say. That comes from good writing. But writing is not a skill I possess, unfortunately.

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

Things that matter are a great story, entertainment, how the lead part moves the story forward and who the directors are.

If you have a great story, any film will work.

People don't come to the theatres to watch a kiss. It's the story that appeals to them.

When we think about a great movie, I mean, what do we think about? We think about story, we think about character. And when the visual effects aren't perfect, we forgive it.

Moviemaking is about telling a story. And you need to know what story you are going to tell.

I don't want to do sing-and-dance routine. I believe script is the king, so I would go for powerful stories.

Since I was a child, I've liked telling stories. Maybe because my father's a director, I grew up loving stories. I'm not good at spinning them at a dinner table because I do go on a bit, but I love writing them, and directing is just a way of editing the story.

You know, I remember watching Morgan Freeman when he did the two Alex Cross movies, and he's so confident that he's going to knock the scene dead. And I'm really confident that I can tell a good story now, so I just don't worry about things.

Listen to great storytellers; slowly, you will learn about voice, timing, tension, structure, climax - all the things you need to tell stories that will capture the imagination of your audience.

A good project but a poor director will always make a mediocre film, but an average script and good director can make a good film, as he will put in everything to make the film look good.

I love a really good storyline.

I'm very focused on 'Dexter' right now. I want to make it as good of a show as we can.

If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation that's entertaining you as you drive and listen? No, it's the storytelling. That's why we put so much importance on story. No amount of great animation will save a bad story.

Well, there's no question that a good script is an absolutely essential, maybe the essential thing for a movie.