Computers don't create computer animation any more than a pencil creates pencil animation. What creates computer animation is the artist.
'Cars' is simply near and dear to my heart.
I'm a car nut. My father was a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership.
Every young person gets so excited about new software packages and new technology.
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 th...
I'm really proud of 'Cars.' 'Cars,' when it first came out, got probably the most mediocre reviews of a Pixar film.
I love French auto design of the early '50s, '60s, early '70s of Citorens, Renaults, and Peugeots. They're so unique.
There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them.
You never hear of a live-action studio that has been making so-so films looking over at a studio that's making great movies and going, 'Oh, we see the difference - we're using a different camera.'
'Cars' was about Lightning McQueen learning to slow down and to enjoy life. The journey is the reward.
The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art.
My mother was a high school arts teacher, so I was always surrounded by the arts.
I loved animation and cartoons, even when it was not cool when you were in high school. I raced home to see the Bugs Bunny cartoons.
Sunday, for me, is all about being home with the family with no plans.
Pixar is not about computers, it's about people.
Art challenges technology, but technology inspires the art.
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 storytelli...
I worry about kids today not having time to build a tree house or ride a bike or go fishing. I worry that life is getting faster and faster.
I love 3-D. I have been a big fan of 3-D for a long, long time. I took my 1988 wedding pictures in 3-D!
'Cars' is a really personal story for me because, first of all, I grew up in Los Angeles - the car crazy capital.