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Today, among little girls especially, princesses and the romanticised ideal they represent - finding the man of your dreams - have a limited shelf life.John Lasseter
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I loved animation and cartoons, even when it was not cool when you were in high school. I raced home to see the Bugs Bunny cartoons.John Lasseter
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I love Japan. I love the collision of the modern and ancient worlds coming together in that place. It's so high-tech and cool.John Lasseter
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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.John Lasseter
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Computers don't create computer animation any more than a pencil creates pencil animation. What creates computer animation is the artist.John Lasseter
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Pixar is not about computers, it's about people.John Lasseter
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My mother was a high school arts teacher, so I was always surrounded by the arts.John Lasseter
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Sunday, for me, is all about being home with the family with no plans.John Lasseter
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'Cars' was about Lightning McQueen learning to slow down and to enjoy life. The journey is the reward.John Lasseter
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A good part of my leadership skills is crafted from learning from experiences early in my career that were not positive experiences.John Lasseter
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'Cars 2' is about a character learning to be himself. There's times in our lives where people always say, 'Well, you've gotta act differently. You should always be yourself.' That's the emotional core of the story.John Lasseter
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I worry about kids today not having time to build a tree house or ride a bike or go fishing. I worry that life is getting faster and faster.John Lasseter
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There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them.John Lasseter
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'Bambi' is an amazing film, and when you watch it today, it's just as beautiful. It's timeless. It's just as beautiful today as it was back then.John Lasseter
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When you really study espionage movies, or spy movies, the beginnings are really set up to have, like, an amazing bit of action, but at the moment you're watching it, you have no idea why or what it's about.John Lasseter
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If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation that's entertaining you as you drive and listen? No, it's the storytelling. That's why we put so much importance on story. No amount of great animation will save a bad story.John Lasseter
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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.'John Lasseter
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I love French auto design of the early '50s, '60s, early '70s of Citorens, Renaults, and Peugeots. They're so unique.John Lasseter
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Every 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 Lasseter
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Art challenges technology, but technology inspires the art.John Lasseter
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I 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.John Lasseter
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The 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.'John Lasseter
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The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art.John Lasseter
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Every young person gets so excited about new software packages and new technology.John Lasseter
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I'm really proud of 'Cars.' 'Cars, ' when it first came out, got probably the most mediocre reviews of a Pixar film.John Lasseter
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'Cars' is simply near and dear to my heart.John Lasseter
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I'm a car nut. My father was a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership.John Lasseter
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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.John Lasseter
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'Cars' is a really personal story for me because, first of all, I grew up in Los Angeles - the car crazy capital.John Lasseter
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I love 3-D. I have been a big fan of 3-D for a long, long time. I took my 1988 wedding pictures in 3-D!John Lasseter
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My brother liked sewing and sculpting and making things, and my sister sewed and painted and cooked and baked. She's a professional baker now and makes the most gorgeous sculpture-like cakes. She's the queen of wedding cakes in the Lake Tahoe area.John Lasseter