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.

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.

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

And I'm not anti-sequel, but I just feel like there are very few ideas that are meant to be continued.

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

There's always one sequence in every animated film that's the bane of every animator's existence.