Andrew Stanton

Being a sci-fi geek myself and going to movies all my life, I came to the conclusion that there were really two camps of how robots have been designed. It's either the tin man, which is a human with metal skin, or it's an R2D2. ”

Even as a kid I was never the generator of humor, but I always knew who was funny, who to hang out with. ”

Well, I have no problem with 3-D but I don't think it's necessarily a blanket requirement for every film. ”

Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances. ”

I mean, frankly, I'm not speaking as a representative of Disney or Pixar, I'm speaking as just myself as a filmmaker: I don't go into anything that often thinking about a sequel. ”

I'm a family man, I have kids, and I go to the movies. And I'm just going to make the kind of movie I want to see. ”

The happiest moments of my childhood were when my toys broke, because then I could destroy them with impunity. ”

There's a mercurial nature, but more of a mysterious nature to women that I think is what makes them so attractive. And I think that that's what I love: Guys never seem to know when they've come too close and crossed the line, and then the temper comes. ”

I'm still craving approval from my parents. It took a lot of success for me to realize it was never coming. It's just not in their nature. ”

I've always been shocked and waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop that a girl would ever talk to me, let alone want to marry me. They always seem to hold the power to me, and from my mother to my wife to my daughter, every time I try to really figure them out, and think I've got them pegged, I pay for it. ”