If you want someone’s attention, whisper.

Working at Pixar you learn the really honest, hard way of making a great movie, which is to surround yourself with people who are much smarter than you, much more talented than you, and incite constructive criticism; you'll get a much better movie out of it.

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.

The greatest story commandment is: Make me care.

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

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

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