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?

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.

We all fall into our habits, our routines, our ruts. They're used quite often, consciously or unconsciously, to avoid living, to avoid doing the messy part of having relationships with other people, of dealing with a person next to us. That's why we can all be in a room on our cell phones and not have to deal with one another.

And I'm not anti-sequel, but I just feel like there are very few ideas that are meant to be continued.

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

I had never touched a computer in my life before I came to Pixar.

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