At Pixar, after every movie we have postmortum meetings where we discuss what worked and what didn't work.
The saddest day in Pixar history was when some guy said 'get Larry the Cable Guy on the phone.
When I was at Pixar, I was in my hole. I was an animator, I had my shots and I was like, "Yeah, I've gotta make this perfect!" It's a very selfish thing.
My first jobs were at Pixar and John Lasseter just doing animation would always allow actors to do that, and then animate to that. It was an early lesson for me that, if you're lucky enough, as I've been in my career thus far, to get really incredible iconic people to do your stuff, you want them to tell your story and you want them to be on page in the important moments, and they usually are.
As far as I know, the guys at Pixar are opposed to a Monsters, Inc. sequel.
I mean, frankly, I'm not speaking as a representative of Disney or Pixar, I'm speaking as just myself as a filmmaker: I don't go into anything that often thinking about a sequel.
If I knew in 1986 how much it was going to cost to keep Pixar going, I doubt if I would have bought the company.
Pixar is the most technically advanced creative company; Apple is the most creatively advanced technical company.
