John Lasseter Quotes

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

In 'Space Dandy,' I'm trying to challenge myself and do stuff I haven't done before. I'm aiming for a really funny, cool, and crazy creation.

Pixar is not about computers, it's about people.

I think it reflects well on the state of animation that people are knowledgeable about it and love the fantasy and imagination that goes into it.

Without magic, there is no art. Without art, there is no idealism. Without idealism, there is no integrity. Without integrity, there is nothing but production.

Readers would email me and say, 'Please write a novel about so-and-so,' but it has to come from yourself and not so much from your readership.

If you make something with love and, you know, passion and you tell a real story, I think it will always find an audience somehow, you know.

I want to do nothing chic, I want to have ideas before beginning a piece.

A lot of directors, they're creative, but they're different.

When I write something that would have made me laugh as a 10-year-old, or would have scared me or would have excited me, I know I'm onto something.

I do what I do because of Walt Disney - his films and his theme park and his characters and his joy in entertaining.

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

One day I had an idea for a movie. Everything came after that.

It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if it's off in left field and goes over the edge, you lose it. The same with musical talent, I think.

What I love most about animation is, it's a team sport, and everything we do is about pure imagination.

Then, as now, the Disney studio buzzed with activity. You had a strong impression of being at the center of something very exciting.

Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one.

As long as you're true to you, you believe it and you make others believe it, then what you're doing is just art. If you give everybody a blank canvas and some paint, not everybody's picture is going to be exactly the same, but it's still art. I just do what I do.

I don't have a problem with green screen at all. I think children invented CGI. We invent worlds. A stick can become a sword. Or a bowl of stones can become a bowl of tomatoes. That's what children do, and that's what CGI enables us to do.

For me, what is most important is the element of surprise. If I can surprise you with every film of mine, that is exactly what I am trying to do.

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.

Hollywood's like a warehouse. It's just a place that you go. What's interesting in the warehouse has to do with the creative people.

I don't want to deal with big, grand themes in my stories; art has nothing to do with themes. When you deal with themes, you are not creating; you are lecturing.

The American formula things are out there but they don't have any stories to tell - we have all the stories to tell - but they're all formula.

We make films that we ourselves would want to see and then hope that other people would want to see it. If you try to analyze audiences or think there's some sophisticated recipe for success, then I think you are doomed. You're making it too complicated.