I always loved the idea of a spy movie and part of it came from my personal love of spy movies. It started when I was growing up as a little kid in the 60s.
John LasseterThere is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them.
John LasseterI just devoured all of his [Buster Keatonโs] films because his sense of comic timing was amazing. Heโs the closest a human being has ever come to a cartoon character. And I was just amazed at his sense of character and timing, the humor. It's all just soโฆsophisticated, even when you watch it today.
John LasseterPeople 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.
John LasseterI quickly realized that this medium had a lot to offer someone like me. To do Disney-quality hand-drawn cartoons, you have to be a master of two art forms. Seriously, you have to be able to draw like a Leonardo da Vinci or a Michelangelo. But also you have to know movement and timing and control that through 24 frames a second.
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