Dan Scanlon Quotes

• There's some real dark days where you just feel like the story is falling apart in every one. Just keep moving forward, even when you are bluffing, even when you don't quite know what is going to happen next.

  Dan Scanlon

  Real, Moving, Fall

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• No one ever tells a story to help you figure out where to go when a door closes on you.

  Dan Scanlon

  Doors, Stories, Helping

  "Director Dan Scanlon Talks MONSTERS UNIVERSITY, Mike’s Central Story, Prequel vs Sequel, Introducing New Characters and Re-Inventing Old Ones". Roundtable Interview, collider.com. April 25, 2013.

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• I was an animator for a while early on, but a 2D animator.

  Dan Scanlon

  Animator

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• A lot of times, people say that if you work hard and never give up, it will always work out, which is a great message. However, that's not always the case.

  Dan Scanlon

  Giving Up, Hard Work, People

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm not really a horror movie fan.

  Dan Scanlon

  Fans, Horror

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• There are characters that become more popular as we fall in love with them.

  Dan Scanlon

  Falling In Love, Fall, Character

  "Director Dan Scanlon Talks MONSTERS UNIVERSITY, Landing His Directorial Debut, Who He Went to for Advice and the Film’s Technological Advancements". Press Day Interview, collider.com. June 18, 2013.

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• I worked in the story department for years, on Cars and Toy Story 3.

  Dan Scanlon

  Years, Car, Stories

  "Director Dan Scanlon Talks MONSTERS UNIVERSITY, Landing His Directorial Debut, Who He Went to for Advice and the Film’s Technological Advancements". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 18, 2013.

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• I don't need to try to push everyone out of the way and say, "This is how you do it. I actually like not knowing. I trust every lead.

  Dan Scanlon

  Knowing, Trying, Needs

  Source: collider.com

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• I started at Pixar the month Monsters Inc. came out.

  Dan Scanlon

  Monsters, Months, Pixar

  "'Monsters University' Director Dan Scanlon on the Making of a Monstrous Pixar Prequel". Interview with Philip Yu, yahoo.com. April 25, 2013.

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• The scary thing is that sometimes you are wrapping up animation on a sequence and you don't know how the movie ends or begins. You just have to bluff and move forward.

  Dan Scanlon

  Moving Forward, Scary, Wrapping Up

  Source: collider.com

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• I like sharing stuff with people. I feel like it's kind of at their own discretion, you can see too much if you want to see too much.

  Dan Scanlon

  People, Want, Stuff

  Source: collider.com

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• A director can come from anywhere, but having a story background, if you have nothing else, is probably a good thing to have because it's really the one tool you need.

  Dan Scanlon

  Directors, Needs, Tools

  Source: collider.com

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• I don't even know how computer animation works, honestly, and I don't need to.

  Dan Scanlon

  Needs, Computer, Animation

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm a big comedy fan, and a fan of films.

  Dan Scanlon

  Fans, Comedy, Film

  Source: collider.com

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• Sometimes we can make everything a little too perfect. I always was a fan of giving direction, but every now and then going, "I don't know. What do you think? Let's see what happens."

  Dan Scanlon

  Thinking, Giving, Perfect

  Source: collider.com

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