Whats it like working with John Lasseter?
Dan Scanlon: You know, it’s amazing. Again, I’ve only been here for 5 years so John was already kind of a big shot when I got here. I was a little intimidated to be working on his film. Within the first meeting you realize, “This guy is so confident and up for anybody’s ideas… and accepting to all things,” that all goes away. It becomes about people sitting down and we’re making movie together. It’s just oddly comfortable to work with him. Why did you want to work on Cars and Mater and the Ghostlight? Dan Scanlon: I was hired for Cars so it was just an opportunity to work at Pixar was amazing, and honestly in my interview, I told Joe Ranft the co-director, he didn’t tell me what the movie was about, but he was saying, “Oh, you’re from Detroit, that’s great. You’re probably really good at drawing cars and all that kind of stuff.” I was like, “To be honest with you, I hate drawing cars that’s part of the reason why I left. Everything is the auto industry there and I can’t draw a car to
