Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances.

Most people know me at Pixar as the guy that doesn't like to do sequels or very reluctant to do sequels.

I mean, frankly, I'm not speaking as a representative of Disney or Pixar, I'm speaking as just myself as a filmmaker: I don't go into anything that often thinking about a sequel.

I had never touched a computer in my life before I came to Pixar.

The thing about working at Pixar is that everyone around you is smarter and funnier and cleverer than you and they all think the same about everyone else. Its a nice problem to have.

Loneliness is, I think, people's biggest fear, whether they are conscious of it or not.

I almost feel like its an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure. I dont want to paint the same painting again. I dont want to make the same sculpture again. Why shouldnt a big movie studio be able to make those small independent kinds of pictures? Why not change it up?