Pete Docter : (3)

" In some ways, I feel like the strength of animation is in its simplicity and caricature, and in reduction. It’s like an Al Hirschfeld caricature, where he’ll use, like, three lines, and he’ll capture the likeness of someone so strongly that it looks more like them than a photograph. I think animation has that same power of reduction. " - 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 I started, I was, like, the 10th person in the animation group, and we all had to do everything. That’s the way I like it, keeping it fresh. " - Pete Docter

" When I was in fifth grade – so, about 11 – my folks moved us to Denmark. And so not only did I have all new friends and all new surroundings, I didn’t even understand what they were talking about, which was very difficult and kind of started me, I think, on my path to animation. " - Pete Docter