Pixar Quotes

It is unfortunate that Disney closed down its drawn-animation unit. I find it quite upsetting, because they made a few drawn movies that weren`t successful and they went, `Well, that is dead, so we have to go to computers.` They forget that the reason that they have been successful is because Pixar (whose films Disney distributes) makes good movies. Success is the real reason people try to copy things in Hollywood. Someday someone will do a beautiful cell- animation film that connects with people and then someone will say, `We have to go and do that again.` The number-one priority should be that the story and the medium are compatible.

As far as I know, the guys at Pixar are opposed to a Monsters, Inc. sequel.

Except for Pixar, I have made the four most successful original movies in a row of all time.

In Hollywood, they think drawn animation doesn`t work anymore, computers are the way. They forget that the reason computers are the way is that Pixar makes good movies. So everybody tries to copy Pixar. They`re relying too much on the technology and not enough on the artists. The fact that Disney closed down its cel animation division is frightening to me. Someday soon, somebody will come along and do a drawn-animated film, and it`ll be beautiful and connect with people, and they`ll all go, `Oh, we`ve got to do that!` It`s ridiculous.

Oh yeah, I`m still employed at Pixar and I love it here.

(About Ed Catmull, John Lasseter and Steve Jobs at Pixar): "I refer to those guys as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Ed, who invented this cool medium and is the designer of the human machine that is Pixar, is the Father. John, its driving creating force, is the Son. And you-know-who is the Holy Ghost."

I think it`s the most extraordinary studio around. I would love to do my next project with Pixar.

We think it is imminent that you will get a new Pixar-Disney deal.