Quotes from Lee Unkrich

It is shocking how much a day-care center is like a prison. They both have security cameras with walled exercise yards. Prisons are permanent day cares for people permanently in time-out - convicts.

One of the tricky things with animation is, because we spend four years on the movie and everything is done so methodically day by day by day, it can be a struggle to have the finished film feel spontaneous and loose and naturally occurring.

I know I'm going to send my three kids off to college someday. I know my parents will pass away someday. It's one thing to say, 'I'll be able to deal with that day when it comes,' and it's another thing to find yourself at that day, dealing with it.

When people think of Mexican music, they most often think of mariachi, and that, of course, is one part.

When I was around 12 or so, I saw 'The Shining.' I just remember that being a turning point for me, where I started to think about the fact that there was a hand behind the film. That it wasn't just this magical story being told - there were actual people crafting these films, and they were works of art.

It's important that nobody gets mad at you for screwing up. We know screwups are an essential part of making something good.

'Coco' is shaping up to be one of the most beautiful films we've made.

My favorite film is 'The Shining,' mostly because it was the film that inspired me to become a filmmaker myself.

You can be stuck for two weeks on a problem, and then you get the right couple of people in a room, and in five minutes, you get a great answer.

We could make the most beautiful film in the world, but if it doesn't have a heart beating underneath it, then no one's going to be interested.

Finding a good kid actor is like finding a needle in a massive haystack.

It's a strange business, and unfortunately, what we do in animation is a mystery, especially the directors.

When we made 'Toy Story,' journalists were more interested in talking about the technique because it was so new and unknown, and we just wanted to talk about the story.

It's an incredible honor to be nominated by the Academy.

Live action movies are someone else's story. With animation, audiences can't think that. Their guards are down.

The best way to bring people in and have them empathize with others is through storytelling.

I ended up being exposed to cinema that a lot of other kids wouldn't have been exposed to.

It wasn't the first film to show a kind of alternate vision of suburbia, but it left an indelible impression, I think, on everybody, and all films like that will forever be measured against 'Blue Velvet.'

The question I get more than any other is, 'What does it mean to direct an animated film?' And the reality is that it's not a whole lot different from what you do in live action.

I guess it's the fear of failure and not knowing how the films are going to do that just drives us to work really hard to make them the best they can possibly be.

We try our best every time to make engaging films that we're interested in, and we just hope the rest of the world likes them.