John Lasseter

Director

1957-01-12

Quotes by John Lasseter

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

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• Look at the films of Walt Disney: 'Snow White' came out in February 1938, and I can't think of another film from that year that's watched as much. The same is true of 'Bambi,' 'Dumbo'... even, frankly, 'Toy Story,' which is probably watched more than any other movie of 1995.

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• If you've seen 'Spirited Away', 'Spirited Away' is set in a very, very Japanese sensibility. And so, to Japanese audiences, when Sen would walk up, the main character, and look at this big building with a flag on it with Japanese writing on it, everyone in Japan would know what that is.

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• Walt Disney always said, 'For every laugh, there should be a tear.' I believe in that.

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• Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director.

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

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• Rotten Tomatoes is such a great website, in that it has one foot in the Internet world and one foot in the cinema world, and it keeps its grounding between them just perfectly.

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• The magic of Disneyland, walking through the tunnel underneath the train station to Main Street, it just transports you to other places and other times.

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• The interstate highway system was built to get people from point A to point B as fast as possible. And they knocked down mountains and filled valleys and made everything nice and big and flat, and they bypassed every town.

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• I've got Disney blood running through my veins.

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• I have motor oil running through my veins.

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• Fortunately for me, I'm married to an amazing woman - Nancy Lasseter - who is wise enough not to let me buy every car I want. If I was single, I would be living in a very small apartment and renting a warehouse full of cool cars.

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• Car love is the sound of a throaty V-8 rumbling and revving, the acceleration throwing you back in the seat - especially when you get on a beautiful, winding road and the light's dappling through the trees.

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