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

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

I always felt a little bit like a little kid that's never grown up in the world of adults.

The hardest thing to get is true emotion. I always believe you need to earn that with the audience. You can't just tell them ok, be sad now. Humor, you can add. Even to the last minute you can be adding little bits of humor. But the true earned emotion is something that you really have to craft.

You cannot base a whole movie on just the imagery alone. It has to be the story and the characters.

A good part of my leadership skills is crafted from learning from experiences early in my career that were not positive experiences.

Computers don't create computer animation any more than a pencil creates pencil animation. What creates computer animation is the artist.