CNN Money has an article about The Disney/Pixar merger from John Lasseter’s perspective, as well as his life and his love of cartoons.
Here is an excerpt from the article…
But what I really loved was to watch cartoons. Even though you couldn’t get me out of bed on a weekday, come Saturday morning I was up at 6:30 waiting for the farm reports to end and for the cartoons to begin. I’d have my bowl of cereal and sit really close to the TV and watch all the cartoons until the sports came on. I even did this when I was in high school and it was uncool. I would race home after water polo practice or whatever just to see Bugs Bunny at 4:30.
When I was a freshman in high school I read a book about the making of Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty” called The Art of Animation. It was this weird revelation for me, because I hadn’t considered that people actually get paid to make cartoons. So I started writing letters to Disney Studios, saying I wanted to be an animator. They were nice and wrote back. Get a great art education, they told me. Learn the basics of figure drawing and design and color, and then we’ll teach you animation, because no one teaches that in college.
The article is a very interesting read. Thanks to Ron from Route 66 News for the link.
And briefly in other news, Route 66 News posts about an interview with a Cars cast member. Intrigued? Take a look here.
Last modified: May 16, 2006