In dire economic times, movies are relatively inexpensive entertainment for the whole family.

This is what I always tell my filmmakers-you have to do tons of research, because you don't know where the inspiration is going come from.

I'm the biggest fan of animation. I love the history of animation, I know it well.

Sunday, for me, is all about being home with the family with no plans.

Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was a baby, and that the big one was his mother. In that short little film, computer animation went from a novelty to a serious tool for filmmaking.

I think the painted backgrounds in animations are absolutely stunningly beautiful. There's something really special about this medium. I don't believe audiences have grown past it. I think what audiences love is to be entertained-thoroughly, deeply entertained, and that's what I've always set out to do.

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.