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

The greatest story commandment is: Make me care.

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.

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

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

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 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.