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

It's one thing to make peace with the idea of something that's going to happen someday; it's another to find yourself at that day.

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

If you're working on something and it's not coming together, it's easy to say, "I don't want to show this, until I've figured it out." But a lot of times you don't really solve the problems, and then you start getting into a bad situation because you don't have the time to fix it.

I wanted the Andy of Toy Story 3 to be right on the cusp, straddling childhood and adulthood ... I wanted to find this sweet spot where he had gotten tall and had clearly grown up but still retained many boyish qualities, including a boyish charm.

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.

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.