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" As a filmmaker, I'm very collaborative. I don't pretend to know everything that is needed to make a movie. What I like to do is get together with a group of people, starting with developing the story and bounce around ideas. "

" Every Pixar movie at one time was the worst motion picture ever made. "

" There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them. "

" If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation that's entertaining you as you drive and listen? No, it's the storytelling. That's why we put so much importance on story. No amount of great animation will save a bad story. "

" Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was a baby, and that the big one was his mother. In that short little film, computer animation went from a novelty to a serious tool for filmmaking. "

" The magic of Disneyland, walking through the tunnel underneath the train station to Main Street, it just transports you to other places and other times. "

" When I started work with LucasArts Computer Division back in 1984, I went to the Palace of Fine Arts and saw the Festival of Animation for the first time. I loved the diverse collection of animated films the festival held. "

" There was a period of time when they estimated the two biggest stars in Hollywood were Charlie Chaplin and Mickey Mouse. "

" Pixar has been compared to fine furniture makers who polish the backs of drawers - even if you don't see everything in a particular scene, you still feel that every little detail has been met. "

" I always laugh at these companies that have these rules saying, 'You're only allowed to have this or that on your desk.' It's no fun to work at a place like that. "

" I love the Sonoma wine community. It's like Pixar - nothing competitive, only supportive. They're always rooting for you. "

" Winnie the Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood are among the most entertaining and beloved characters ever animated by Disney. "

" The specific influences on villains to me is, I love the villains who are really hyper-smart. When at the end of the movie you find out what they were about, and it makes absolutely perfect sense from their point of view. "

" Pixar's short films convinced Disney that if the company could produce memorable characters within five minutes, then the confidence was there in creating a feature film with those abilities in story and character development. "

" 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. "

" I love movies that make me cry, because they're tapping into a real emotion in me, and I always think afterwards: how did they do that? "

" When Walt Disney was making his films, he trusted his instincts and made films for himself, but they appealed to everybody, not just kids. "

" Every single Pixar film, at one time or another, has been the worst movie ever put on film. But we know. We trust our process. We don't get scared and say, 'Oh, no, this film isn't working.' "

" The only thing Steve Jobs has ever asked me in all the years we've been together and have been partners, the only thing he has ever asked me is: 'Make it great.' "

" The Walt Disney Animation studio is the studio that Walt Disney started himself in 1923, and it's never stopped and never closed its doors and never stopped making animation, and it keeps going as kind of the heart and soul of the company. "

" I have met a lot of top chefs around the world during my travels. Each one of them has said 'Ratatouille' is their favorite movie and the only movie that truly captures what they do. "

" I loved animation and cartoons, even when it was not cool when you were in high school. I raced home to see the Bugs Bunny cartoons. "

" Probably more than any other movie we've made here at Pixar, 'Up' was the one we were the most nervous about. "

" I love 3-D. I have been a big fan of 3-D for a long, long time. I took my 1988 wedding pictures in 3-D! "

" 'Cars' is a really personal story for me because, first of all, I grew up in Los Angeles - the car crazy capital. "

" I do what I do because of Walt Disney - his films and his theme park and his characters and his joy in entertaining. "

" To me, I would much rather be part of a healthy industry than being the only player in a dead industry. "

" I don't really think of myself as a businessman at all. That's why I have the 'chief creative officer' role. "