I almost feel like it's an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure.

Don't give [the audience] four; give them two plus two.

I'm twice as funny, I'm twice as smart, I'm twice as whatever when I'm around other people that challenge me.

Change is fundamental in story. If things go static, stories die.

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.

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.

If you don't think a film looks good then that is just a reflection of how bad the artist was that was using the paint that is really good.