I'm twice as funny, I'm twice as smart, I'm twice as whatever when I'm around other people that challenge me.

I've been a fan of movies longer than anything else. One thing I learned a long time ago is that you can't translate a book literally to the screen. It won't work because it's a different medium. And it would be the same in reverse.

John [Lasseter] always said that he was Andy, and Joe [Ranft] and I were Sid, and I think that's true.

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.

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

I'm a family man, I have kids, and I go to the movies. And I'm just going to make the kind of movie I want to see.

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.