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Andrew Stanton Biography

Andrew Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and voice actor based at Pixar. His film work includes writing and directing Pixar's A Bug's Life (1998) (as co-director), Finding Nemo (2003) and its sequel Finding Dory (2016), WALL-E (2008), and the live-action film, Disney's John Carter (2012). He also co-wrote all three Toy Story films and Monsters, Inc. (2001)

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I never think about the audience. If someone gives me a marketing report, I throw it away.

Audience, Away, Giving, Marketing, Thinking

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.

Ask, Cutting, Nice, Straight, Talking, Thinking

The greatest story commandment is: Make me care.

Care, Commandment, Greatest, Inspiration, Motivation, Stories

That's what great art does - it inspires other artists to do great art, and that's what it should do.

Art, Artists, Doe, Inspire, Inspires

I've been a fan of movies longer than anything else. One thing I learned a long time ago is that you can't translate a book literally to the screen. It won't work because it's a different medium. And it would be the same in reverse.

Book, Long, Fans, Screen, Fan

A major threshold is passed when you mature enough to acknowledge what drives you, and to take the wheel and steer it.

Acknowledge, Enough, Mature, Passed, Threshold, Wheels

No one's going to see my mistakes; I just need the safety of these mistakes to lead me to the right answers.

Lead, Mistake, My Mistakes, Right, Safety

The best stories infuse wonder.

Infuse, Stories, Wonder

There's nothing that you like in this world that wasn't influenced by a bunch of key things; nothing came completely clean out of a vacuum.

Keys, Vacuums, World, Came, Vacuum, Completely

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.

Approval, Coming, Parent, Realize, Realizing, Took

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?

Big, Independent, Influence, Paint, Sculpture, Why Not

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.

Announces, Future, Might, Movies, Thinking, Way

Change is fundamental in story. If things go static, stories die.

Die, Fundamental, Inspiration, Motivation, Stories, Things

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

Archeological, Felt, Like You, Stories, Story, Unearth

If you want someone’s attention, whisper.

Attention, Ifs, Someones, Want, Whisper

Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty.

Anticipation, Drama, Uncertainty

A strong theme is always running through a well-told story.

Running, Stories, Story, Strong, Theme

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.

Fishing, Hobbies, Hobby, Home, Sadly

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.

Develop, Ideas, Lots, Pixar, Thinking, Way

Loneliness is, I think, people's biggest fear, whether they are conscious of it or not.

Conscious, Fear, Loneliness, People, Think, Thinking

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