Directing is one of my favourite things to do because I love telling stories and I love working with the individual artists and it's something that I really missed.
John LasseterThis is what I always tell my filmmakers-you have to do tons of research, because you don't know where the inspiration is going come from.
John LasseterMy father pulled into Pearl Harbor four days after the bombing, and he said, everything was still burning. He said they never told the public how bad it was. It was really bad.
John LasseterI do what I do because of Walt Disney - his films and his theme park and his characters and his joy in entertaining.
John LasseterWhat's fun about the story development at Pixar is it's a journey. You don't just write a script and then that's the movie you make. It's just constant evolution and being open to that and that collaboration with the voice actors and with the artists and animators at Pixar.
John LasseterYou have to do three things really well to make a successful film. You have to tell a compelling story that has a story that is unpredictable, that keeps people on the edge of their seat where they can't wait to see what happens next. You then populate that story with really memorable and appealing characters. And then, you put that story and those characters in a believable world, not realistic but believable for the story that you're telling.
John Lasseter