Andrew Stanton Quotes - Page 2

The way Pixar has always worked is that we think of an idea and then we make it. We don't develop lots of ideas and then pick one.

Even as a kid I was never the generator of humor, but I always knew who was funny, who to hang out with.

The thing about working at Pixar is that everyone around you is smarter and funnier and cleverer than you and they all think the same about everyone else. Its a nice problem to have.

In fact, I don't think I'll ever make anything that will feel as divinely dropped in my lap as the opening of 'Wall-E.'

John [Lasseter] always said that he was Andy, and Joe [Ranft] and I were Sid, and I think that's true.

I almost feel like its an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure. I dont want to paint the same painting again. I dont want to make the same sculpture again. Why shouldnt a big movie studio be able to make those small independent kinds of pictures? Why not change it up?

I'm still craving approval from my parents. It took a lot of success for me to realize it was never coming. It's just not in their nature.

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

I almost feel like it's an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure.

Most people know me at Pixar as the guy that doesn't like to do sequels or very reluctant to do sequels.

I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie.

Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances.

I think in the future we might see things arrive the way Prince announces a concert where a few days before the show he announces it and tickets just go up. You might see that with movies and other things.

I was that kind of kid that was going to the movies every weekend, I couldnt get enough of the movies, and now I get to make them. So I kind of have a one-track mind.

Sadly, my hobby is what I do for work, so I don't go off and go fishing. I go home and veg, and then I go back to work.

I've always felt you unearth story, like you're on an archeological dig.

I mean, frankly, I'm not speaking as a representative of Disney or Pixar, I'm speaking as just myself as a filmmaker: I don't go into anything that often thinking about a sequel.

If you don't think a film looks good then that is just a reflection of how bad the artist was that was using the paint that is really good.

There's a lot of downsides to social media, but one of the nice things is that you can cut through all the BS and go straight to the person and ask them directly. I think that's a wonderful thing. I love talking to people who are true fans or who have a true love of cinema, and so if I can talk to them directly, great.