When you make these films, they become like your children. But at a certain point, they don’t belong to you anymore; they belong to the world.

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.

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

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

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

Directing is one of my favourite things to do because I love telling stories and I love working with the individual artists and it's something that I really missed.

What's fun about the story development at Pixar is it's a journey. You don't just write a script and then that's the movie you make. It's just constant evolution and being open to that and that collaboration with the voice actors and with the artists and animators at Pixar.