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" Listen, if there's anything we need more of in this world, it's something that has a better ending or is more positive. "

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" I grew up when Disney was doing movies like Cinderella, and all the girls were princesses. "

" I've had an experience that... I don't know the right label to put to it, if it was an angel or Jesus or what. Nobody knows anything for sure about that, but I know that I had an encounter, and I know that things exist beyond this realm, most definitely. I'm grounded in that. "

" When I was in casting, we would bring somebody in, have them read their lines, maybe give them a few pointers, and hire them, and then once they go to the set and you have a director who's directing them, that performance may not be anywhere near what you had in the audition, either good or bad. "

" For me, I want to find the truth in the word and the character and the line. "

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" Hopefully, 'Inside Out' will have the longevity that those older movies have, and many years down the line, people will be able to watch it and find some kinship with it. "

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