Business Quote by Ed Catmull

“had the rights to make all the sequels and exploit the characters. “I made a presentation that said, here’s the 15% of Pixar that…

— Walter Isaacson

“This was a critical decision that was not obvious to most people. Most people assumed that Pixar would do 3D movies and Disney would…

— Ed Catmull

I think Pixar has the opportunity to be the next Disney - not replace Disney - but be the next Disney.

— Steve Jobs

After Pixar's 2006 merger with the Walt Disney Company, its CEO, Bob Iger, asked me, chief creative officer John Lasseter, and other Pixar senior…

— Edwin Catmull

“At Pixar, Toy Story 2 taught us this lesson—that we must always be alert to shifting dynamics, because our future depends on it—once and…

— Ed Catmull

Pixar is going in the direction of the early Disney. And it's also corporate, where they have four or five projects in the works.…

— Joe Grant

One reason for keeping Disney animation separate from Pixar was that by solving their own problems when they finished a film, Disney could say,…

— Edwin Catmull

“if not anyone else—that what we’d created at Pixar could work outside of Pixar. Both the run-up to the acquisition and its execution provided…

— Ed Catmull

“were incisive and straightforward. Something unusual had been built at Pixar, he said, and he wanted to understand it. For the first time in…

— Ed Catmull

We've always had ups and downs at Pixar, starting with the high we felt doing something we'd never done - 'Toy Story' - and…

— Edwin Catmull

“Jobs flew down to have lunch with Eisner, who was stunned at his audacity. They had a three-picture deal, and Pixar had made only…

— Walter Isaacson

Pixar makes movies that make sense for Pixar, and Disney makes movies that make sense for Disney, and they've each emerged in their own…

— John Kahrs