Lee Unkrich Quotes

#1. It's one thing to make peace with the idea of something that's going to happen someday; it's another to find yourself at that day.

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#2. We know screwups are an essential part of making something good. That's why Pixar's goal is to screw up as fast as possible.

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#3. If you try to target a movie at kids, you end up with something that makes parents take a nap.

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#4. You can tell a story clearly in the storyboards, but if you don't keep the correct focus in the animation, it can be ruined.

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#5. I wanted the Andy of Toy Story 3 to be right on the cusp, straddling childhood and adulthood ... I wanted to find this sweet spot where he had gotten tall and had clearly grown up but still retained many boyish qualities, including a boyish charm.

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#6. I think the moment you try to make a movie for kids, you make garbage.

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#7. Kids don't have the same sense of their own mortality as adults.

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#8. If you're working on something and it's not coming together, it's easy to say, "I don't want to show this, until I've figured it out." But a lot of times you don't really solve the problems, and then you start getting into a bad situation because you don't have the time to fix it.

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#9. If it's not working you can't polish a turd.

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#10. Whether I'm directing live action or animation, my responsibility is the same. I have an audience sitting in a theater with their popcorn, and I've got to show them a good time and make them feel something.

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