There was nothing to react to except wind and trees [in Cast Away]. It was like making a silent movie.

Directing is a constant test of your communicative powers. You're constantly trying to explain people your vision of what you want and steer these tiny little details into a cohesive thing.

The "Toy Story" films accomplish what timeless classics aim for - innocent characters who face an endless trail of adventures.

Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me. Humans are by nature too complicated to be understood fully. So, we can choose either to approach our fellow human beings with suspicion or to approach them with an open mind, a dash of optimism and a great deal of candour.

Human beings do things for a reason, even if sometimes it's the wrong reason.

Never give up because you never know what the tide will bring in the next day.

I'm lucky enough to be able to make only movies I'm interested in seeing. That has to be an instinctive thrust. The audience knows when you're faking it. They can hang any kind of moniker they want on me.