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" You know how they say that old people with Alzheimer's, they kind of go back, and they revert to the most emotional part of their life, what they did when they were younger... I think I am going to be cursed with reliving 'Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope' in my mind. And playing 'Dragon's Layer' when I enter Alzheimer's. "

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" There was a moment with 'Zootopia' where we said, 'This is the experiment: let's try Judy in the role of the protagonist. Let her character introduce us to the city and this world.' And suddenly, all that struggling and trying to make traction into this story was done. "

" It was never someplace that I said, 'In my career, I must work at Disney.' "

" A good movie makes the audience feel like they've journeyed with the characters. "

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" We try lots of stuff. We throw it against the wall, and the stuff that sticks stays in the movie. "

" To me, I love being able to see some of John C. Reilly's face in Ralph, and some of Sarah Silverman in Vanellope. That there are hints of them there. In the broad strokes, they are there. "

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" We can't put up a movie that looks beautiful but doesn't have substance. "

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" What we've done now sits with those films that inspired me as a kid, and I hope there is a kid like myself today who is watching 'Wreck-It Ralph,' and he or she is inspired the way I was inspired when I was 5 years old, and now they'll pursue this crazy dream. "

" Between 'Futurama' and 'Simpsons,' I'm able to work with the voices of Michael Jackson, Dustin Hoffman, and the cast of 'Star Trek.' It's great, you know; it's great to work with such talented people. "

" I think 'Wreck-It Ralph' can stand proudly in the pantheon of the great Disney animated films. It's a fairy tale disguised as something more contemporary. With its balance of heart and comedy, it is still very much rooted in the Disney legacy. "

" I don't like movies, TV shows, or books or anything that's preaching to the audience or speaking down to us. "

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" I like when entertainment not only makes me laugh or cry or thrills me, but makes the world a little clearer - and makes myself a little clearer. "

" Good comedy films, if you listen to the score, the music is not trying to be funny. It's always, in a way, underscoring the tragedy and struggle of the main character. "

" Arcade-game characters have no free will. They're programmed to do one thing day in and day out - they don't have a choice in the matter. "

" Judy Hopps truly believes in something. We're not just giving her the run of the story, where we give her everything. Through her actions, she has to prove what she believes in. Personally speaking, I think that's cool. "

" The hallmark of a good comedy is that it can make you laugh, but it can also take you to the point where you're in love with these characters, and you want to see them be happy, and you want to feel that emotion for them. "

" I remember the N64 coming out. That was a beautiful day. "

" I remember as a kid seeing Pong in a pizza place where I grew up in Oxnard, California, and having my mind blown by it. I thought it was a TV. I thought it was just something playing on a television. But then to be able to manipulate the paddle, and the ball with the knob was, in those days, pretty huge to a little kid! It was a simpler time. "

" I loved 'The Secret of NIMH.' When that came out, it felt like, 'Wow, this is something really, really new.' It looked like a Disney film, but it felt very cutting edge to me. To a twelve-year-old kid, it seemed very inspiring. "

" Rather than just making a movie about video games, I wanted to start with the character and what the character was going through. "

" I fell in love with this idea of an old school game character, like Donkey Kong, who looks like a very simple guy but is really wrestling with this very profound struggle: 'What's the meaning of life? What if I don't like this job I've been programmed to do?' "

" Disney is a place that I've always rooted for, and I think the audience does also because we have a deep, deep love for what that means. "

" I think it would be impossible to make a movie about video games if there wasn't some violence that we know from video games. "

" From the moment we started working on the first 'Wreck-It Ralph,' we knew there were so many possibilities with these characters. "

" I went to Cal Arts. I went to art school. "

" Being able to make a comedy at Disney was really appealing. "

" I like giving the audience a lot of stuff to look at, and rewards for repeated viewings and paying attention. "

" As an artist, it feels good that we've created something that is connecting with the audience, which is what we always strive to do. "

" I always thought that Mario was kind of the bad guy - because if you knew about the game, there was supposed to be a back story where Mario was teasing the ape, and the ape stole his girlfriend, and this was kind of karma for Mario, you know? "

" For artists, we're always looking for approval. We're putting our artwork out there and saying, 'What do you think?' "