For me, the work we did to turn around 'Toy Story 2' was the defining moment in Pixar's history. — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
The Pixar name means more than any other name. It's very important to us to keep that name at a high level. — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
When it comes to producing breakthroughs, both technological and artistic, Pixar's track record is unique. In the early 1990s, we were known… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
Pixar is a community in the true sense of the word. We think that lasting relationships matter, and we share some basic… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
We've always had ups and downs at Pixar, starting with the high we felt doing something we'd never done - 'Toy Story'… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
Every Pixar movie has its own rules that viewers have to accept, understand, and enjoy understanding. The voices of the toys in… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
One of the effects Pixar University has on the culture is that it makes people less self-conscious about their work and gets… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
One of Pixar's key mechanisms is the Braintrust, which we rely on to push us toward excellence and to root out mediocrity.… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
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,… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
I started off life at Pixar with interesting technical problems. But as time has moved on, I found that the social and… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
Part of being the successful Pixar is that we will take risks on teams and ideas, and some of them won't work… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
One reason for keeping Disney animation separate from Pixar was that by solving their own problems when they finished a film, Disney… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
At Pixar, we believe strongly that filmmakers should develop ideas they are passionate about. This may sound like a no-brainer, but in… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share Image
Creative ideas aren't like Jenga blocks, where they fall apart and you've got to start from scratch, though it can feel that way. — Edwin Catmull Copy Share
With every one of our films, we try to touch emotions, but we don't try to touch the same emotions each time. — Edwin Catmull Copy Share
Creativity has to start somewhere, and we are true believers in the power of bracing, candid feedback, and the iterative process - reworking, reworking,… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share
At heart, we believe that the films that work well are the films that do touch people emotionally. — Edwin Catmull Copy Share
We'll fund a project even if I'm skeptical because I'd rather be proven wrong by somebody on the inside than by somebody on the… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share
We have a whole industry which is gigantic: games. Games is very successful. It's its own art form, though, and it's not the same… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share
A movie contains literally tens of thousands of ideas. They're in the form of every sentence; in the performance of each line; in the… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share
With certain ideas, you can predict commercial success. So with a 'Toy Story 3' or a 'Cars 2,' you know the idea is more… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share
My best advice came by examples. A supportive environment at home, school, and grad school. Support at the New York Institute of Technology, then… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share
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… — Edwin Catmull Copy Share
