Anything Pixar does, you know, I really just am in awe of them and thrilled to be included in anything they do.
Throughout Pixar’s history, we’ve had major meltdowns and crises. It’s happened throughout our history: you reach a certain point, it doesn’t work, and you start all over again.
When it comes to producing breakthroughs, both technological and artistic, Pixar’s track record is unique. In the early 1990s, we were known as the leading technological pioneer in the field of computer animation.
I started off life at Pixar with interesting technical problems. But as time has moved on, I found that the social and management problem was far more complex and interesting.
One of Pixar’s key mechanisms is the Braintrust, which we rely on to push us toward excellence and to root out mediocrity. It is our primary delivery system for straight talk.
When the Pixar people call, you jump at the opportunity.
The Pixar name means more than any other name. It’s very important to us to keep that name at a high level.
All Pixar movies are heartbreaking, aren’t they?
In some ways, ‘The Little Mermaid’ was old-fashioned. Rendered in the hand-drawn style, it was the last Disney animated feature to use cels and Xeroxing. Pixar and its CGI imitators soon made that rigorous process obsolete.
At Pixar, we’ve been huge fans of any new technology that makes the viewer experience of our movies better. Blu-ray is the best yet because the picture quality, especially for our movies, is unbelievable.
I don’t think at Pixar we’d ever make something that was too scary for general audiences.
Working at Pixar has been like my graduate school for screenwriting.
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.
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