Edward Lewine of The New York Times has interviewed WALL•E director, Andrew Stanton, and has put together snippets of information that make up the award winning director’s life. For example, what he does when he gets up in the morning, or where he keeps his Oscar.
My favourite part:
Favorite “Nemo” memento: A large fishbowl with a sculpture of me as a clownfish stuck inside. At Pixar they make rubber stamps out of the caricatures of directors, so when we approve any aspect of the movie we give our approval using the embarrassing stamp.
There is an image of the fishbowl, so be sure to take a look at the full piece here.
Image by Dwight Eschliman for The New York Times.
Last modified: May 3, 2008
A most interesting read, I must say. It’s nice to know that even well-known directors are just like any other neighbor on the block.
Ha-ha. His morning and evening routines pretty much mirror that of my own family’s daily schedule. And yes! I’m not the only one who can read more than four books at once. (heheh)
— Mitch
I never knew he had a 16-year-old son. He looks way to young to have a kid that old. And the Finding Nemo approval stamp is very funny.
hahaha yeah, that Finding Nemo approval stamp was really funny!
I also liked the pets one, and how one of his cats is the bane of his existence, haha!
very interesting! thanks for putting this up; it was really enjoyable!
I saw someone elsewhere complain that Andrew Stanton should be watching ABC’s “Good Morning America,” but he is a “Today” show junkie and has been for many years.
At a tribute to John Lasseter last year in Sonoma, Stanton told a story about forcing John and a group of coworkers to get up early to be in the crowd outside the studio during a business trip to New York.
Months later, the group (minus Stanton) returned for voice casting while Stanton stayed in the Bay Area working on some Pixar project — while Lasseter and his cohorts were planning their revenge.
Stanton said he got a call early that morning from Lasseter telling him to make sure to watch “Today.” So an hour or two later, Andrew’s home watching “Today” when he sees himself in the crowd, then he sees himself again, and then again.
A half-dozen or so of his peers had secured photos of Andrew’s face on sticks and were deliberately trying, even running, to get into the cameras’ view.
This is just one of the many great behind-the-scenes stories illustrating how much fun the Pixar staff has while doing incredible work.
“mnmears” – Ha-ha. That’s a great story. Thanks for sharing. 🙂