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.

Frankly, there isn't anyone you couldn't learn to love once you've heard their story.

A strong theme is always running through a well-told story.

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

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.

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

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.