There’s never a wrong idea. You just keep throwing stuff out and inevitably there are elements of different things that inspire a character or environment.

If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation that's entertaining you as you drive and listen? No, it's the storytelling. That's why we put so much importance on story. No amount of great animation will save a bad story.

It [moviemaking] is about entertaining audiences with great characters and great stories, you want to make people laugh, you want to make people cry, you want to have great music that is memorable. You want a movie that, as soon as it's over, you want to watch it again, just like that. That's what it is, whether it's live-action, animation, hand drawn, computer, special effects, puppet animation, it doesn't matter. That's the goal of a filmmaker.

Every young person gets so excited about new software packages and new technology.

It’s so important to create in your own voice, to hold onto what makes you unique, and have faith in your vision.

Disney Infinity gives you the ability to be creative in a way that nobody's ever seen before.

When you make these films, they become like your children. But at a certain point, they don’t belong to you anymore; they belong to the world.