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" I realized that people make cartoons for a living. It had never dawned on me that you could do this as a career. "

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

" Every movie has three things you have to do - you have to have a compelling story that keeps people on the edge of their seats; you have to populate that story with memorable and appealing characters; and you have to put that story and those characters in a believable world. Those three things are so vitally important. "

" Look at the films of Walt Disney: 'Snow White' came out in February 1938, and I can't think of another film from that year that's watched as much. The same is true of 'Bambi,' 'Dumbo'... even, frankly, 'Toy Story,' which is probably watched more than any other movie of 1995. "

" You never hear of a live-action studio that has been making so-so films looking over at a studio that's making great movies and going, 'Oh, we see the difference - we're using a different camera.' "

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

" 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. "

" I think the best movie ever made was 'Dumbo.' "

" I've noticed with my own kids, it seems like they have so much more homework than I did. "

" I love working for a company full of geeks. "

" When I look at the success I have, it's because of my creative-thinking skills. "

" At Pixar, we do sequels only when we come up with a great idea, and we always strive to be different than the original. "

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

" Every Pixar film, when we start developing the story, it takes about four years to make one of our films. "

" I'm a huge fan of Blu-rays myself. "

" I've got Disney blood running through my veins. "

" The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. "

" I love bringing the inanimate object to life. "

" At Pixar, after every movie we have postmortum meetings where we discuss what worked and what didn't work. "

" I believe once you watch a Miyazaki film, you'll get hooked. "

" Short films really helped me develop as a story teller, animator, and as a director. "

" One of the big moments of my life was watching 'Star Wars' on its opening weekend in Hollywood. I was watching all these people enjoy this film, and I thought: animation can do this. "

" I've always been thinking in three dimensions, ever since I started working with computer animation in the early '80s. "

" At Pixar, 'Wall-E' was our ninth film, and they've all been successes - more than that, they've all really touched people. Everybody wonders, 'How do you do it?' Well, how do you not do it? You just work hard. "

" 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. "

" Today, among little girls especially, princesses and the romanticised ideal they represent - finding the man of your dreams - have a limited shelf life. "

" I believe God is in the details. "

" Take any movie with an actor you like. Turn your head and just listen to the performance. In some cases, the physical presence remains as strong when you can't see the actor, when it's just the voice. "

" In computer animation, every detail has to be thought out, designed, modeled, shaded, placed and lit. The more you add, the more computer memory you need. "

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

" 'Cars 2' is about a character learning to be himself. There's times in our lives where people always say, 'Well, you've gotta act differently. You should always be yourself.' That's the emotional core of the story. "