I think the moment you try to make a movie for kids, you make garbage.

We know screwups are an essential part of making something good. That's why our goal is to screw up as fast as possible.

Kids don't have the same sense of their own mortality as adults.

You can tell a story clearly in the storyboards, but if you don't keep the correct focus in the animation, it can be ruined.

If you try to target a movie at kids, you end up with something that makes parents take a nap.

At Pixar, I don't have to compromise at all. When I look at the finished "Toy Story 3," I don't sit and constantly think, oh, the actor was having a bad day, or oh, it rained and we couldn't use that set. The story that I wanted to tell is what is on screen, and I haven't had to compromise it one iota.

Whether I'm directing live action or animation, my responsibility is the same. I have an audience sitting in a theater with their popcorn, and I've got to show them a good time and make them feel something.