John [Lasseter] always said that he was Andy, and Joe [Ranft] and I were Sid, and I think that's true.

I've always been shocked and waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop that a girl would ever talk to me, let alone want to marry me. They always seem to hold the power to me, and from my mother to my wife to my daughter, every time I try to really figure them out, and think I've got them pegged, I pay for it.

I'm a family man, I have kids, and I go to the movies. And I'm just going to make the kind of movie I want to see.

I never think about the audience. If someone gives me a marketing report, I throw it away.

There's a lot of downsides to social media, but one of the nice things is that you can cut through all the BS and go straight to the person and ask them directly. I think that's a wonderful thing. I love talking to people who are true fans or who have a true love of cinema, and so if I can talk to them directly, great.

Change is fundamental in story. If things go static, stories die.

Art is messy, art is chaos - so you need a system.