I do what I do because of Walt Disney - his films and his theme park and his characters and his joy in entertaining.
John LasseterSlice open one of my veins and cartoons will pour out; open another vein and you'll get a flood of motor oil.
John LasseterYou cannot base a whole movie on just the imagery alone. It has to be the story and the characters.
John LasseterI realized that people make cartoons for a living. It had never dawned on me that you could do this as a career.
John LasseterThe hardest thing to get is true emotion. I always believe you need to earn that with the audience. You can't just tell them ok, be sad now. Humor, you can add. Even to the last minute you can be adding little bits of humor. But the true earned emotion is something that you really have to craft.
John Lasseter