The first ‘Monsters, Inc.’ represents starting at Pixar for me, I have a special place in my heart for it. So to be able to tell a story with those ideas is an honor. Dan Scanlon Read Quote
Once you get into a feature, whether it’s a sequel or an original one, you have to start all over again, and you’re creating a world, creating new characters. You’re also tracking emotions. You’re trying to create emotion and create a character that you can fall in love with for two hours. Dan Scanlon Read Quote
I think the biggest difference is in live action, you show up, and there’s a set there and a ground to stand on, at least, and in animation, there’s kinda nothing. You are making decisions on everything. Dan Scanlon Read Quote
I think we make the movies, initially, with the one movie in mind. But we do love the characters, and so we kind of miss the characters when the movie is over. But I think what happens is, every now and then you realize there’s more to tell, or an idea comes up. Dan Scanlon Read Quote
There’s some real dark days where you just feel like the story is falling apart in every one. Just keep moving forward, even when you are bluffing, even when you don’t quite know what is going to happen next. Dan Scanlon Read Quote
No one ever tells a story to help you figure out where to go when a door closes on you. Dan Scanlon Read Quote
At Pixar, we do a million versions of the movie, and every one of them goes through their awkward teenage phase where it’s terrible and doesn’t make sense, and we just keep working on it. Dan Scanlon Read Quote
