I 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 LasseterEvery single Pixar film, at one time or another, has been the worst movie ever put on film. But we know. We trust our process. We don't get scared and say, 'Oh, no, this film isn't working.'
John LasseterThereโs never a wrong idea. You just keep throwing stuff out and inevitably there are elements of different things that inspire a character or environment.
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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