I believe in research you cannot do enough research; believability comes out of what's real.

I love movies that make me cry, because they're tapping into a real emotion in me, and I always think afterwards "How did they do that?"

'Cars' was about Lightning McQueen learning to slow down and to enjoy life. The journey is the reward.

The spirit of Route 66 is in the details: every scratch on a fender, every curl of paint on a weathered billboard, every blade of grass growing up through a cracked street.

The more we all help each other, the more we all benefit. So go out there. Help others.

I quickly realized that this medium had a lot to offer someone like me. To do Disney-quality hand-drawn cartoons, you have to be a master of two art forms. Seriously, you have to be able to draw like a Leonardo da Vinci or a Michelangelo. But also you have to know movement and timing and control that through 24 frames a second.

People have a real love of looking at small worlds - something inside them is innately attracted to that 'miniature' realm.