In fact, I don't think I'll ever make anything that will feel as divinely dropped in my lap as the opening of 'Wall-E.'

Even as a kid I was never the generator of humor, but I always knew who was funny, who to hang out with.

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

A major threshold is passed when you mature enough to acknowledge what drives you, and to take the wheel and steer it.

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

No one's going to see my mistakes; I just need the safety of these mistakes to lead me to the right answers.

There's nothing that you like in this world that wasn't influenced by a bunch of key things; nothing came completely clean out of a vacuum.