John Lasseter Pixar Quotations

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

Pixar has been compared to fine furniture makers who polish the backs of drawers - even if you don't see everything in a particular scene, you still feel that every little detail has been met.

Pixar has invented much of computer animation as it's known today, and I've been very lucky to be the first traditional animator to work with computer animation.

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.

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

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

I love the Sonoma wine community. It's like Pixar - nothing competitive, only supportive. They're always rooting for you.

I believe in research. Each movie at Pixar involves research with college professors or taking trips to learn as much as we can about a particular subject matter.

Quality is the best business plan.

At Pixar, after every movie we have postmortum meetings where we discuss what worked and what didn't work.