World According to WALL-E's Andrew Stanton, Ben Burtt and the Cast
By Emily Christianson, Hollywood.com Staff
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Friday, June 27, 2008
Andrew Stanton on using Hello Dolly in the film:
“When I had that weird idea of putting that song on at the beginning, I turned to my wife and said, ‘This is the weirdest idea I’ve ever had and I will be asked why I chose this for the rest of my life.’ Honestly, she’ll tell you I said that. But by the time I’d sort of come to terms on the analyst couch why I had done it, I realized okay, I’m willing to put up with answering this for the rest of my life because I really do think it’s the best choice. One thing I always wanted early, early on, and it’s even in the very first script, by then I’d chosen that song, I knew I wanted old fashioned music against space. I knew I loved the idea of future and past juxtaposed and that on the first frame that would not seem familiar.”
Jeff Garlin on working with Pixar:
“[The character] was in a Pixar movie, directed by Andrew Stanton. That's all that appealed to me to make me go, ‘I'm in’…I've been an actor/comedian/writer for 26 years. Pixar works on their stories harder than any other place I've been around. (Pixar) will not move forward unless they have the story right. They have great constructive criticism amongst each other. Lastly, they're really kind to one another.”