Quotes from John Lasseter

When I started work with LucasArts Computer Division back in 1984, I went to the Palace of Fine Arts and saw the Festival of Animation for the first time. I loved the diverse collection of animated films the festival held.

Computers don't create computer animation any more than a pencil creates pencil animation. What creates computer animation is the artist.

Of all bugs, growing up I just loved the pill bugs. They roll up, you play with them, you wait for them to open up, and then when you touch them they roll up again. I just love that.

Walt Disney had always tried to get more dimension in his animation and when I saw these tapes, I thought, This is it! This is what Walt was waiting for! But when I looked around, nobody at the studio at the time was even halfway interested in it.

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.

When you set out to really entertain adults as well as kids, your audience is basically anybody who is breathing.

'Cars' is a really personal story for me because, first of all, I grew up in Los Angeles - the car crazy capital.

I try to make pictures I would want to see.

A good part of my leadership skills is crafted from learning from experiences early in my career that were not positive experiences.

One of the big technical advances that's really great looking is the water.

You never hear of a live-action studio that has been making so-so films looking over at a studio that's making great movies and going, 'Oh, we see the difference - we're using a different camera.'

Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium.

Sunday, for me, is all about being home with the family with no plans.

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.

We work very hard in all of the Pixar films to not make anything in the imagery that causes people to think of something other than the story.

Pixar is not about computers, it's about people.

I'm really proud of 'Cars.' 'Cars,' when it first came out, got probably the most mediocre reviews of a Pixar film.

Every Pixar movie at one time was the worst motion picture ever made.

Everything I do and everything Pixar does is based on a simple rule: Quality is the best business plan, period.

I am so proud that 'Up' is Pixar's 10th film. I think it's the funniest film that we've ever made and also one of the most beautiful.

In overseeing both Disney and Pixar Animation, each studio has a unique culture.

Probably more than any other movie we've made here at Pixar, 'Up' was the one we were the most nervous about.

Every Pixar film, when we start developing the story, it takes about four years to make one of our films.

Every technology that comes into filmmaking is first a gimmick. Think about sound with 'The Jazz Singer' or the first colour or surround sound - it takes a while for filmmakers to understand how to use it.