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 worry about kids today not having time to build a tree house or ride a bike or go fishing. I worry that life is getting faster and faster.

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

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

Humor is the easiest to achieve; the 'heart' is always the toughest, because you can't tell people to feel a certain way.

One of the fun things about play is making up stories.

You have to do three things really well to make a successful film. You have to tell a compelling story that has a story that is unpredictable, that keeps people on the edge of their seat where they can't wait to see what happens next. You then populate that story with really memorable and appealing characters. And then, you put that story and those characters in a believable world, not realistic but believable for the story that you're telling.