--- title: "10 Ifs Quotes By Pete Docter" description: "10 Ifs quotes by Pete Docter. Plus more from Pete Docter and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/pete-docter-7914_currents_if-you-were-feeling-sad-right-now-and-yo_708472.png" --- > [If you were feeling sad right now and you recall a sad - or, a very happy memory from the past, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/if-you-were-feeling-sad-right-now-and-you-recall-a-sad-or-a-very/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b70/pete-docter-7914_currents_if-you-were-feeling-sad-right-now-and-yo_708472.png) > [We actually needed the memory - if you see the film - as a very different kind of a plot device of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/we-actually-needed-the-memory-if-you-see-the-film-as-a-very-different/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/pete-docter-7914_absolutes_we-actually-needed-the-memory-if-you-see_2859853.png) > [You have to think about good storytelling and characters first. Then hopefully, the rest of that stuff will follow, some more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/you-have-to-think-about-good-storytelling-and-characters-first-then/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/pete-docter-7914_character_you-have-to-think-about-good-storytellin_2827775.jpg) > [And usually I'm not watching the screen. I'm kind of sitting and looking off to the side, spying on people to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/and-usually-i-m-not-watching-the-screen-i-m-kind-of-sitting-and/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0d/pete-docter-7914_animation_and-usually-i-m-not-watching-the-screen_3083267.png) > [I'm not actually sure if guilt is an emotion. In fact, that was - at the very beginning of this process, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/i-m-not-actually-sure-if-guilt-is-an-emotion-in-fact-that-was-at-the/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/116/pete-docter-7914_emotion_i-m-not-actually-sure-if-guilt-is-an-emo_2888928.png) > [Well, what if we did this in the mind as opposed to the brain? So instead of blood vessels and dendrites, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/well-what-if-we-did-this-in-the-mind-as-opposed-to-the-brain-so/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbf/pete-docter-7914_animation_well-what-if-we-did-this-in-the-mind-as_2626942.png) > [It is one of those weird social things. Even as parents we say, oh, don't be sad. You know, come here, we'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/it-is-one-of-those-weird-social-things-even-as-parents-we-say-oh-don/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/066/pete-docter-7914_best-things_it-is-one-of-those-weird-social-things-e_1448968.png) > [Every time you recall a memory, you're basically making another copy of it and at that same point it is susceptible to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/every-time-you-recall-a-memory-you-re-basically-making-another-copy-2/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/pete-docter-7914_adaptation_every-time-you-recall-a-memory-you-re-ba_1537333.png) > [It's, like, you know, if you're sad, it's a way of connecting with other people. And we - a lot of times…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/it-s-like-you-know-if-you-re-sad-it-s-a-way-of-connecting-with-other/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84c/pete-docter-7914_being-sad_it-s-like-you-know-if-you-re-sad-it-s-a_140578.png) > [Anger is about fairness. If it feels that you're getting ripped off or taken advantage of, that's when anger comes up. Sadness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/anger-is-about-fairness-if-it-feels-that-you-re-getting-ripped-off-or/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/pete-docter-7914_advantage_anger-is-about-fairness-if-it-feels-that_872663.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Pete Docter > [Well, we try to - we definitely try to have a balance. And I think things have gotten a lot better at Pixar. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/well-we-try-to-we-definitely-try-to-have-a-balance-and-i-think-things/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) > [It's, like, you know, if you're sad, it's a way of connecting with other people. And we - a lot of times we sort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/it-s-like-you-know-if-you-re-sad-it-s-a-way-of-connecting-with-other/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) > [The drive of the story is sort of hinted at the beginning, is Joy and Sadness and those two characters. Especially Joy starting to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/the-drive-of-the-story-is-sort-of-hinted-at-the-beginning-is-joy-and/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) > [The way we work at Pixar is we write the script, but then we quickly move on into story reel, which is basically like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/the-way-we-work-at-pixar-is-we-write-the-script-but-then-we-quickly/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) > [In the end, passion and hard work beats out natural talent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/in-the-end-passion-and-hard-work-beats-out-natural-talent/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) > [People are funny -- they are able to project personality onto anything. I remember as a kid I spent a $ 5 bill once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/people-are-funny-they-are-able-to-project-personality-onto-anything-i/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) > [Little kids definitely have desires and jealousy. There are some emotions that don't show up at birth, but by three or four, they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/little-kids-definitely-have-desires-and-jealousy-there-are-some/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) > [I always feel like if you have a smaller crew, you can not only get to know the individual strengths of people more specifically,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/i-always-feel-like-if-you-have-a-smaller-crew-you-can-not-only-get-to/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) > ['Toy Story' we found, sorta by accident, because we didn't know what we were doing, the idea of being replaced by somebody. Everybody has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/toy-story-we-found-sorta-by-accident-because-we-didn-t-know-what-we/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) > [It might have been introduced slowly over the course of the years as you recall this memory over and over. So that was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/it-might-have-been-introduced-slowly-over-the-course-of-the-years-as/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) > [And in part that's good but then, like any emotion - and this is something we learned from the research as well - there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/and-in-part-that-s-good-but-then-like-any-emotion-and-this-is/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) > [If you were feeling sad right now and you recall a sad - or, a very happy memory from the past, it will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/if-you-were-feeling-sad-right-now-and-you-recall-a-sad-or-a-very/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) > [Anger is about fairness. If it feels that you're getting ripped off or taken advantage of, that's when anger comes up. Sadness deals with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/anger-is-about-fairness-if-it-feels-that-you-re-getting-ripped-off-or/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) > [Yeah, to bring families together I need to go away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/yeah-to-bring-families-together-i-need-to-go-away/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) > [I like doing everything. That's why I came to Pixar, as opposed to Disney or any other studio - it's small. At the time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-docter/i-like-doing-everything-that-s-why-i-came-to-pixar-as-opposed-to/) [Pete Docter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-docter/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/pete-docter/#itemlist", "name": "10 Ifs Quotes By Pete Docter", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you were feeling sad right now and you recall a sad - or, a very happy memory from the past, it will be tinged with more sadness based on your current feeling. 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