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> [People are funny -- they are able to project personality onto anything. I remember as a kid I spent a $ 5 bill once and felt so bad because the other $ 5 bill was now going to be lonely…](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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/pete-docter-7914_able_people-are-funny-they-are-able-to-projec_382138.png)

## 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/)

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