If you've seen 'Spirited Away', 'Spirited Away' is set in a very, very Japanese sensibility. And so, to Japanese audiences, when Sen would walk up, the main character, and look at this big building with a flag on it with Japanese writing on it, everyone in Japan would know what that is.
'Cars' was about Lightning McQueen learning to slow down and to enjoy life. The journey is the reward.
I do what I do because of Walt Disney. Goofy. Mickey Mouse. I never forgot how their films entertained me.
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.
Every Pixar movie at one time was the worst motion picture ever made.
Fortunately for me, I'm married to an amazing woman - Nancy Lasseter - who is wise enough not to let me buy every car I want. If I was single, I would be living in a very small apartment and renting a warehouse full of cool cars.
In overseeing both Disney and Pixar Animation, each studio has a unique culture.
Every young person gets so excited about new software packages and new technology.
My father pulled into Pearl Harbor four days after the bombing, and he said, everything was still burning. He said they never told the public how bad it was. It was really bad.
'Cars' is a really personal story for me because, first of all, I grew up in Los Angeles - the car crazy capital.
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.'
Everything I do and everything Pixar does is based on a simple rule: Quality is the best business plan, period.
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.
At Pixar, good ideas may be cut from a film, but they are never forgotten.
At Pixar, we do sequels only when we come up with a great idea, and we always strive to be different than the original.
Pixar is not about computers, it's about people.
I am so proud that 'Up' is Pixar's 10th film. I think it's the funniest film that we've ever made and also one of the most beautiful.
I love the Sonoma wine community. It's like Pixar - nothing competitive, only supportive. They're always rooting for you.
I'm really proud of 'Cars.' 'Cars,' when it first came out, got probably the most mediocre reviews of a Pixar film.
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.