Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesnt always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experiencing it, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core.

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.

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

That's what great art does - it inspires other artists to do great art, and that's what it should do.

Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesnt always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experiencing it, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core.

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.

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