James Lapine Quotes

I'd love to have done 'John Carter.' I'd love to work for the Disney Corporation.

I'm in the entertainment business, and I make commercially entertaining animated features.

Not that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they ever come out-because many of them don't come out-but I've gotten to work with really good story editors and stuff like that.

When you're working on a movie you always hope that people will go for it and enjoy what you're doing.

I love writing but not crazy meticulous/prepared enough to be a director. I'd work as a gaffer on something.

I'm very happy to be a part of a very successful piece of art, as the 'Saw' films have been. One gets into this to participate. It's the coming together of a good story. So, that aspect of it has been just splendid. It really has nothing to do with me or my popularity. I'm fascinated.

A lot of my time is spent watching films and reading scripts. And it can be all-consuming. And it's obviously something I'm fortunate that is both my work and my hobby. It's what I would naturally be doing anyway.

I sold my first script when I was 21 - this kids' adventure movie that never got made. I just bought that one back, actually. I'm pretty psyched about it.

Writing studio movies is the best job in the world... it's awesome.

It's great, getting the scripts and working with somebody like Sam Esmail, who is such a great leader.

The literary aspect of the film business excites me, but show business in general doesn't take any mental giant.

With any of the movies I've had a chance to do, or any of the TV shows I've had a chance to contribute to, people approach me and say, 'Hey, would you like to do this?' I laugh out loud and say, 'Yes, that'd be funny.' Or, I'm very moved by what I read and say, 'Yes. How can I help you?'

I am happy judging shows and making films. It is a good thing to do a film and then take up a show, considering it also keeps your popularity alive.

It's good to work with a writer-director.

I started out as a producer. and I used to work at Disney. and I worked with a lot of the animators and went on to become great friends with a lot of these guys and worked on a lot of projects together.

I'm so excited to be part of the environment that David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Marcy Ross have built at Skydance.

It was actually after I saw 'Pinocchio' that I thought I might try and work in that industry in some way.

We got together as a group to come up with the idea for 'Toy Story 3' in the same cabin where we dreamed up 'Toy Story.'

I'm a writer-director originally from Rhode Island, now living in Los Angeles. I've spent the past eleven years working with a writing partner, Joni Lefkowitz, and am now making the transition into feature directing thanks to this script we wrote together and our incredible producer Jordana Mollick.

So, yes, I wrote a script called 'Ben Is Back' that I got to make with a bunch of remarkable artists and craftspeople.

I am very happy to be working with so many talented directors and writers, who are penning scripts that are interesting for me.

Screenplays are not works of art. They are invitations to others to collaborate on a work of art.

I love actors. That's my bread and butter, and I got to work with some amazing ones on '12 Years'.

I love doing kids' films.

I would love to continue working on animated films. Yeah, those are my ambitions. No doubt.