My father pulled into Pearl Harbor four days after the bombing, and he said, everything was still burning. He said they never told the public how bad it was. It was really bad.

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

There’s never a wrong idea. You just keep throwing stuff out and inevitably there are elements of different things that inspire a character or environment.

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

Animation is the one type of movie that really does play for the entire audience. Our challenge is to make stories that connect for kids and adults.

Every animator is really an actor performing in slow motion, living the character a drawing at a time.

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