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

I've always felt you unearth story, like you're on an archeological dig.

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.'

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.

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.

I'm also a huge cinephile, and I have witnessed that to honor the book literally word-for-word never makes a good movie.

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.