I'm still craving approval from my parents. It took a lot of success for me to realize it was never coming. It's just not in their nature.

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

I almost feel like it's an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure.

The way Pixar has always worked is that we think of an idea and then we make it. We don't develop lots of ideas and then pick one.

If you want someone’s attention, whisper.

I was that kind of kid that was going to the movies every weekend, I couldnt get enough of the movies, and now I get to make them. So I kind of have a one-track mind.

Working at Pixar you learn the really honest, hard way of making a great movie, which is to surround yourself with people who are much smarter than you, much more talented than you, and incite constructive criticism; you'll get a much better movie out of it.