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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

Topics: Apart Dark Days Even Every Falling Feel Forward Going Happen Just Keep Keep Moving Keep Moving Forward Know Like Moving Moving Forward Next Quite Real Some Story Where You

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No one ever tells a story to help you figure out where to go when a door closes on you.

~Dan Scanlon

Topics: Closes Door Ever Figure Go Help Out Story Tells Where You

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I actually worked for a small company in Ohio that sort of farmed out work from Disney and Dreamworks, so I really only ever worked in two studios.

~Dan Scanlon

Topics: Actually Company Disney Dreamworks Ever Ohio Only Out Really Small Sort Studios Two Work Worked

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People will turn their noses up at a sequel or that type of thing, but Pixar really works hard - if they're making a sequel - to make a sequel an original movie, to make it an original story.

~Dan Scanlon

Topics: Hard Make Making Movie Noses Original People Pixar Really Sequel Story Thing Turn Type Up Will Works

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I worked in the story department for years on 'Cars' and 'Toy Story 3.'

~Dan Scanlon

Topics: Car Department Story Toy Worked Years

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I trust every lead in every department. All of the teams are phenomenal artists. All I need to tell them is why to do something, not how to do something.

~Dan Scanlon

Topics: Artists Department Every How Lead Need Phenomenal Something Teams Tell Them Trust Why

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There are certainly moments in the story room where you watch the movie die on the table. You put A next to B, and suddenly none of it lines up anymore. We feel that all the time. It's a terrible feeling.

~Dan Scanlon

Topics: Anymore Certainly Die Feel Feeling Lines Moments Movie Next None Put Room Story Suddenly Table Terrible Time Up Watch Where You

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There are characters that become more popular as we fall in love with them.

~Dan Scanlon

Topics: Become Characters Fall Love More Popular Them

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The idea of us telling a story where a character doesn't get everything he wants at the end is one of the relatable things - dealing with failures and missteps in life - and it's something that's so rarely dealt with in movies, especially kids' movies.

~Dan Scanlon

Topics: Character Dealing Dealt End Everything Failures Get He Idea Kids Life Movies Rarely Something Story Telling Things Us Wants Where

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I'm not really a horror movie fan.

~Dan Scanlon

Topics: Fan Horror Horror Movie Movie Really

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: June 21st, 1976

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