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

Art challenges technology, but technology inspires the art.

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

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.

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.

I love French auto design of the early '50s, '60s, early '70s of Citorens, Renaults, and Peugeots. They're so unique.

My brother liked sewing and sculpting and making things, and my sister sewed and painted and cooked and baked. She's a professional baker now and makes the most gorgeous sculpture-like cakes. She's the queen of wedding cakes in the Lake Tahoe area.

The way the films look will never entertain an audience alone. It has to be in the service of a good story with great characters.

There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them.

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

'Cars' is simply near and dear to my heart.

The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art.

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.'

Pixar is not about computers, it's about people.