No one ever tells a story to help you figure out where to go when a door closes on you.

I worked in the story department for years, on Cars and Toy Story 3.

A lot of times, people say that if you work hard and never give up, it will always work out, which is a great message. However, that's not always the case.

The scary thing is that sometimes you are wrapping up animation on a sequence and you don't know how the movie ends or begins. You just have to bluff and move forward.

A director can come from anywhere, but having a story background, if you have nothing else, is probably a good thing to have because it's really the one tool you need.

I'm a big comedy fan, and a fan of films.

I don't need to try to push everyone out of the way and say, "This is how you do it. I actually like not knowing. I trust every lead.