Pixar Quotes

• Pixar is the most technically advanced creative company; Apple is the most creatively advanced technical company.

  Steve Jobs

  Technology, Apples, Creative

  Fortune, February 21, 2005.

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• Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist *can* come from *anywhere*.

  Peter O'Toole

  Food, Artist, Ego

  "Fictional character: Anton Ego". "Ratatouille", www.imdb.com. June 22, 2007.

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• I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.

  Walt Disney

  Bad Day, Past, Looks

  "Fictional character: Edna Mode". "The Incredibles", 2004.

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• Pixar is going in the direction of the early Disney. And it's also corporate, where they have four or five projects in the works. I don't want to get into that subject.

  Joe Grant

  Four, Want, Projects

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• Oh yeah, I'm still employed at Pixar and I love it here.

  Brad Bird

  Yeah, Employed, Stills

  Interview with Andy Patrizio, www.ign.com. March 9, 2005.

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• I think it's the most extraordinary studio around. I would love to do my next project with Pixar.

  Brad Bird

  Thinking, Next, Projects

  Interview with Andy Patrizio, www.ign.com. March 9, 2005.

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• As far as I know, the guys at Pixar are opposed to a Monsters, Inc. sequel.

  John Goodman

  Guy, Monsters, Sequels

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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

  Movie, Trust No One, Actors

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• Most Pixar films are better than most live action films.

  Wesley Morris

  Action, Film, Action Films

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• Quality is the best business plan.

  John Lasseter

  Quality Not Quantity, Best Business, Quantity And Quality

  Amid Amidi, John Lasseter (2009). “The Art of Pixar Short Films”, Chronicle Books Llc

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• If I knew in 1986 how much it was going to cost to keep Pixar going, I doubt if I would have bought the company.

  Steve Jobs

  Best Job, Doubt, Cost

  Fortune, September 18, 1995.

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• I had never touched a computer in my life before I came to Pixar.

  Andrew Stanton

  Computer, Touched

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. June 25, 2008.

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• The thing that drives me and my colleagues at both Apple and Pixar is that you see something very compelling to you, and you don't quite know how to get to it, but you know, sometimes intuitively, it's within your grasp. And it's worth putting in years of your life to make it come into existence.

  Steve Jobs

  Life, Years, Apples

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• Pixar is the first studio that is a movie star.

  Roger Ebert

  Stars, Firsts, Movie Star

  Roger Ebert @ebertchicago, twitter.com. June 21, 2010.

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• The Pixar people continuously amaze me. They come up with something that actually looks as though it takes place in this happy, real-world. Every plot line is not just plausible, but oddly authentic. The stories are full of adventure, humor and love. The characters are written with great human dimension. I don't know how they do it but they astound me.

  Tom Hanks

  Real, Adventure, Character

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• We [film supervisors] always try to encourage discussion in the room because a lot of times newer animators who are just out of school or people come from other studios, they're gonna have different points of view and we want to make sure we're vetting all the ideas to get the best ones. A lot of people are shy about speaking up if this is their first time at Pixar or if they don't have a lot of experience, so we try to encourage that.

  Victor Navone

  School, Views, Ideas

  Source: collider.com

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• One of the most poignant pieces of recent science fiction for me was the portrayal of the adults in the Pixar film WALL-E. I feel like we're on the cusp of becoming fat babies in floating chairs being fed everything in shake form, and I feel like I am as prone to laziness as anybody.

  Nick Offerman

  Baby, Wall, Adults

  "Nick Offerman on Parks And Recreation and his comically oversized penis". Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. July 18, 2012.

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• In Hollywood, they think drawn animation doesn't work anymore, computers are the way. They forget that the reason computers are the way is that Pixar makes good movies. So everybody tries to copy Pixar. They're relying too much on the technology and not enough on the artists.

  Tim Burton

  Technology, Thinking, Artist

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Working at Pixar has been like my graduate school for screenwriting.

  Michael Arndt

  School, Graduates, Screenwriting

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• That's not how most of Hollywood does it-which helps to explain why Pixar does so well. How are you changing the game in your field? What is your distinctive take on how your industry operates? Do you work as distinctively as you compete?

  Bill Taylor

  Education, Games, Hollywood

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• Pixar is seen by a lot of folks as an overnight success, but if you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.

  Steve Jobs

  Business, Long, Looks

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• There's always room out there for the hand-drawn image. I personally like the imperfection of hand drawing as opposed to the slick look of computer animation. But you can do good stuff either way. The Pixar movies are amazing in what they do, but there's plenty of independent animators who are doing really amazing things as well.

  Matt Groening

  Independent, Drawing, Hands

  Interview with Kyle Ryan, tv.avclub.com. March 25, 2009.

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• Pixar has announced Larry the Cable Guy will be starring in Cars 3 thru 6. Howie Mandel will be playing his sidekick, Mopey the Moped.

  Andy Kindler

  Car, Guy, Sidekicks

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• The saddest day in Pixar history was when some guy said 'get Larry the Cable Guy on the phone.

  Andy Kindler

  Phones, Guy, Said

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• It's hard dealing with day to day disappointments and feeling like you can't find success. Especially when your best friend is Pixar.

  Dane Cook

  Disappointment, Feelings, Your Best Friend

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