I love the villains who are really hyper-smart. When at the end of the movie you find out what they were about, and it makes absolutely perfect sense from their point of view.

Slice open one of my veins and cartoons will pour out; open another vein and you'll get a flood of motor oil.

Your voice is worthwhile. Have faith in it.

To take full advantage of computer animation, you have to pay as much attention to the believable as you do the unbelievable.

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

My mother was a high school arts teacher, so I was always surrounded by the arts

Every single Pixar film, at one time or another, has been the worst movie ever put on film. But we know. We trust our process. We don't get scared and say, 'Oh, no, this film isn't working.'