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 almost feel like its an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure. I dont want to paint the same painting again. I dont want to make the same sculpture again. Why shouldnt a big movie studio be able to make those small independent kinds of pictures? Why not change it up?

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

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

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

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 was that kind of kid that was going to the movies every weekend, I couldnt get enough of the movies, and now I get to make them. So I kind of have a one-track mind.