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Edwin Catmull
Edwin Catmull
American Scientist
Born: Mar 31, 1945
People Problem Think Time Work You
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We need business leaders who have a respect for technical issues even if they don't have technical backgrounds. In a lot of U.S. industries, including cars and even computers, many managers don't think of technology as a core competency, and this attitude leads them to farm out technical issues. Edwin Catmull
Attitude Technology Business Respect Car Farm Think Backgrounds Out Computers Leaders Leads Industries Issues Lot Managers Them Business Leaders Who Many Even Including Technical Need Core
With every one of our films, we try to touch emotions, but we don't try to touch the same emotions each time. Edwin Catmull
Time Emotions Try Every Films Our Touch Same Each Each Time
If something works, you shouldn't do it again. We want to do something that is new, original - something where there's a good chance of failure. Edwin Catmull
Good Failure You Something New Where Want Again Good Chance Original Works Chance
I actually feel awkward being at the center of attention. Edwin Catmull
Attention Feel Being Center Actually Awkward
Linear narrative is an artfully-directed telling of a story, where the lighting and the sound is all for a very clear purpose. You're not just wandering around in the world. Edwin Catmull
You World Telling Purpose Clear Lighting Around Narrative Sound Linear Very Just Wandering Where Story
Virtual reality's been around for 40 years. People have been talking about storytelling in that world for all these years, and there have been experiments around of people trying to do that, and always excited about it. Edwin Catmull
Reality People World Virtual About Excited Talking Around Always Been Years Trying Experiments Storytelling
I worked closely with Steve Jobs for twenty-six years. To this day, for all that has been written about him, I don't believe that any of it comes close to capturing the man I knew. Edwin Catmull
Day Man Believe Has-Been Jobs About Written Knew Steve Steve Jobs Him Been Years Close Closely Any Worked Capturing
In the early 1970s, I headed to graduate school at the University of Utah and joined the pioneering program in computer graphics because I realized that's where I could combine my interests in art and computer science. Edwin Catmull
Art Science School Computer Science Joined Could Computer Headed Combine Because Pioneering Graduate Graduate School Where Realized Interests Graphics Utah Early Program University
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. Edwin Catmull
Immediately About Wrong Almost Got Conclusions How Jump Successful Companies Why
At heart, we believe that the films that work well are the films that do touch people emotionally. Edwin Catmull
Work Heart People Believe Films Touch Touch People Emotionally Well
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. Edwin Catmull
Work Time Remember Pain See Some Angst Get Order Working Film
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. Edwin Catmull
People Way Would Finding Angst Outside Had Look Up Same Them Company Each Each One
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. Edwin Catmull
You Challenge Status Status Quo More Failing Obvious Than Just Quo Urgent Succeeding Less Need
One of Pixar's key mechanisms is the Braintrust, which we rely on to push us toward excellence and to root out mediocrity. It is our primary delivery system for straight talk. Edwin Catmull
Key Mediocrity Our System Out Rely Excellence Push Delivery Primary Toward Talk Pixar Which Straight Us Root Mechanisms
I've really thought a lot about why other companies fail or succeed. I had to be a student of failure and find out why things went off the rails. I did that at a fairly deep level, and it's still something I do. Edwin Catmull
Failure Thought Other Out Find About Something Student Had Fail Fairly Still Lot Off Did Succeed Really Companies Deep Why Rails Level Things
It doesn't even matter how successful a movie like 'Up' is: you'll never sell a lot of toy walkers. But that's the way we spread out the risk. Edwin Catmull
You Matter Way Out Risk Never Like Toy How Spread Lot Sell Up Movie Successful Even
If you think you're right 80% of the time, you're deluded. Edwin Catmull
Time You Think Deluded Right
I use a progressive alarm that makes a soft sound at first and then progressively gets louder. But I usually wake on the first sound, so it doesn't disturb my wife. When I used a loud alarm clock, I was more likely to hit it on the head and go back to sleep. Edwin Catmull
Wife First Progressive Back Disturb More Head Likely Makes Sound Go Wake Clock Loud Louder Hit Gets Then Use Used Alarm Sleep Soft
I exercise in the gym about three times a week. I vary the workout every time, but I'll always do some type of circuit work with weights. It gets my heart rate up without putting too much stress on my knees, which for some reason seem to be older than the rest of my body. Edwin Catmull
Work Time Heart Stress Too Much Rest Three Older Every Too Every Time Type Circuit Some About Seem Rate Gym Vary Week Knees Weights Putting Exercise Without Always Up Heart Rate Times Than Gets Which Much Body Reason Workout
Every Pixar movie has its own rules that viewers have to accept, understand, and enjoy understanding. The voices of the toys in the 'Toy Story' films, for example, are never audible to humans. Edwin Catmull
Example Understanding Own Enjoy Every Films Rules Voices Never For Example Toy Toys Accept Understand Movie Pixar Story Viewers Humans
One of the effects Pixar University has on the culture is that it makes people less self-conscious about their work and gets them comfortable with being publicly reviewed. Edwin Catmull
Work Culture People About Self-Conscious Comfortable Makes Reviewed Effects Gets Being Pixar Them Less Publicly University
When you take a director off a project, that makes a person feel humiliated because everyone knows it. But we're responsible because we put them in that position. Edwin Catmull
You Director Humiliated Everyone Project Responsible Take Put Feel Knows Because Makes Off Person Them Position
For me, the work we did to turn around 'Toy Story 2' was the defining moment in Pixar's history. Edwin Catmull
Work Me History Defining Defining Moment Toy Around Did Pixar Story Turn Moment
Every new idea in any field needs protection. Edwin Catmull
Needs Protection Field Every Idea New New Idea Any
Creativity has to start somewhere, and we are true believers in the power of bracing, candid feedback, and the iterative process - reworking, reworking, and reworking again until a flawed story finds its through line or a hollow character finds its soul. Edwin Catmull
Character Soul Creativity Feedback Somewhere Power Finds Through True True Believers Until Line Candid Process Story Again Flawed Hollow Believers Start
We have to evolve, we have to change, and in order to do that, we have to initiate the change. Edwin Catmull
Change Evolve Order Initiate
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