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" We work very hard in all of the Pixar films to not make anything in the imagery that causes people to think of something other than the story. "

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" 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. "

" In overseeing both Disney and Pixar Animation, each studio has a unique culture. "

" I believe in research. Each movie at Pixar involves research with college professors or taking trips to learn as much as we can about a particular subject matter. "

" I worry about kids today not having time to build a tree house or ride a bike or go fishing. I worry that life is getting faster and faster. "

" Everything I do and everything Pixar does is based on a simple rule: Quality is the best business plan, period. "

" You know, going to the movies has always been recession-proof. It's fairly cheap entertainment; it's classic escapism. "

" When you take something that's inert, and through motion, give it life, make it appear to be alive, living, breathing thinking and having emotions, that's animation. But when you take something that's live-action, and move a part of it, that's a special effect. "

" Pixar films are not realistic. They are believable for the worlds we are creating. "

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

" 'Bambi' is an amazing film, and when you watch it today, it's just as beautiful. It's timeless. It's just as beautiful today as it was back then. "

" True play is creativity. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Rotten Tomatoes is such a great website, in that it has one foot in the Internet world and one foot in the cinema world, and it keeps its grounding between them just perfectly. "

" Of all bugs, growing up I just loved the pill bugs. They roll up, you play with them, you wait for them to open up, and then when you touch them they roll up again. I just love that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When you go into the theatre and the lights dim, you want to entertain people from beginning to end. You want them to be swept up in your story, on the edge of their seats, unable to wait to see what happens next, be blown away and afterwards just go, 'Wow!' "

" The interstate highway system was built to get people from point A to point B as fast as possible. And they knocked down mountains and filled valleys and made everything nice and big and flat, and they bypassed every town. "

" I believe in research you cannot do enough research; believability comes out of what's real. "

" 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. "

" We make the kind of movies we like to watch. I love to laugh. I love to be amazed by how beautiful it is. But I also love to be moved to tears. There's lots of heart in our films. "

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

" The hardest thing to get is true emotion. I always believe you need to earn that with the audience. You can't just tell them, 'Ok, be sad now.' "

" People who get into animation tend to be kids. We don't have to grow up. But also, animators are great observers, and there's this childlike wonder and interest in the world, the observation of little things that happen in life. "

" 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.' "