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As I look back on my career, I had a goal, which was to build the first feature computer-animated film.

~Ed Catmull

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If you're a director presenting a new idea, and the person who can judge whether or not it goes ahead is in the room, that makes you somewhat defensive.

~Ed Catmull

Topics: Defensive Director Goes Idea Judge Makes New New Idea Person Presenting Room Somewhat Whether Who You Ahead

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One term that's used in this industry a lot is this notion of 'feeding the beast.' You've got all of these people whose livelihoods are dependent on it. There are enormous pressures to keep material going into it, and the pressures to feed it are not irrational. They're the basis of your business.

~Ed Catmull

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When companies are successful or not successful, they almost immediately jump to the wrong conclusions about how they got there or why they got there.

~Ed Catmull

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At heart, we believe that the films that work well are the films that do touch people emotionally.

~Ed Catmull

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When I see a film, I'll remember that there was a time when it wasn't working, and there was some pain and angst in order to get it to work.

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I can't look at 'WALL-E' or 'Finding Nemo' or 'Up' and look at in the same way as people outside of the company would look at it. Each one of them had angst.

~Ed Catmull

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The need to challenge the status quo is just more obvious when you're failing than when you're succeeding. But it's no less urgent.

~Ed Catmull

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Creative ideas aren't like Jenga blocks, where they fall apart and you've got to start from scratch, though it can feel that way.

~Ed Catmull

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We need to remember we're always a lot more wrong than we think.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: March 31st, 1945

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