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

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" The greatest bad guys, you understand where they're coming from. They believe they're doing the right thing. Sometimes it's for greed, sometimes it's for other reasons, but they are what they call the center of good. They always believe they're doing the right thing. "

Doing The Right Thing

" I love the work of Hayao Miyazaki. 'My Neighbor Totoro' and 'Castle in the Sky' are two of the great films that he's made that I just love. "

" At Pixar, we've been huge fans of any new technology that makes the viewer experience of our movies better. Blu-ray is the best yet because the picture quality, especially for our movies, is unbelievable. "

" Walt Disney always said, 'For every laugh, there should be a tear.' I believe in that. "

" I would get so into playing as a kid that I'd lose track of time. "

" I never quite understood why Disney hadn't made a sincere fairy tale since 'Beauty and the Beast.' "

" I'm a car nut. My father was a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership. "

" 'Bolt' was made by Walt Disney Animation Studios, not by Pixar. "

" When you can have a character that the audience likes from the beginning, but then you put them in a situation where they grow - I think that gives it a lot of heart. "

" I'm a big fan of pantomime storytelling, being an animator. "

" I do what I do because of Walt Disney. Goofy. Mickey Mouse. I never forgot how their films entertained me. "

" If you think something's stupid, it probably is. "

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

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

" The iPad changed my life! "

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

" Computers don't create computer animation any more than a pencil creates pencil animation. What creates computer animation is the artist. "

" I'm really proud of 'Cars.' 'Cars,' when it first came out, got probably the most mediocre reviews of a Pixar film. "

" 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. "

" I am, by nature, an honest person. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. There is no 'behind closed doors' with me. "

" Growing up, my favorite TV show was 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.', hands down. "

" My mother was a high school arts teacher, so I was always surrounded by the arts. "

" 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.' "

" When you set out to really entertain adults as well as kids, your audience is basically anybody who is breathing. "

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

" When you're a director, you really live whatever you do. "