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

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

The greatest story commandment is: Make me care.

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

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.

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 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.