Variety honors John Lasseter

Varietys Tim Gray and John Gott flank John Lasseter, who was simply honored within the Hollywoods New Leaders reception. Summits Make the most of Friedman and Meredith Milton flank Fox Searchlights Taylor Friedman within the Variety event. DreamWorks Animations Olivier Staphylas chats with Jeffrey Katzenberg within the SoHo House.Relativitys Julie Link Steffens and Ramon Wilson Producer Denise Ream takes the podium.Lionsgates Sean Kisker, WMEs Andrew Finkelstein and Screen Capitals Clint Kisker join the party. John Lasseter had the late, great Jobs on his mind Tuesday evening when accepting Variety's inaugural Creative Leadership Award within the Hollywood's New Leaders confab.In addressing the various up-and-coming professionals in case, held at SoHo House West Hollywood, the Pixar topper reported Jobs, who saw auds' relationship with brands to become as being a checking account: "You're making deposits" with good product. "You're making distributions" with bad product. So when "you're making more distributions than deposits, you're bankrupt." Lasseter's voice broke while he spoke of Jobs' role just like a mentor for the Pixar team, and the way strongly he advised those to pursue their once-elusive goal of making computer-animated movies."Really the only factor Jobs ever asked for people wound up being to 'Make it great.' Everything all of us do follows his simple words," added Lasseter, who advised the industry's new leaders to are happy with their work.Later during the night, Lasseter reminisced about which causes it to be inside the film biz. He understood he'd turned up in Hollywood, oddly enough, throughout Dallas."I used to be changing planes within the Dallas-Fort Worth airport terminal terminal. I obtained in the plane, and there's a boy standing there along with his mother holding a Woodsy the Cowboy toy. It absolutely was the first time I'd go to a character I created within reach of a boy far, not even close to Pixar."Lasseter's signature Hawaiian t t shirts may be another sign he's handled to obtain. The Pixar topper states a shirt designer in Honolulu "does a Hawaiian shirt for all of my movies," which he dutifully displayed his "Cars 2" shirt. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com