John Lasseter

“Walt left like half of his estate to fund this institution. And it was that... All of them were hired directly by Disney and Disney animation right out of school. And then Disney fired all of them.”

“Pixar was the quiet technical partner behind this—building the software that Disney used and contributing the first 3D-rendered background footage in any Disney animated film (the ballroom scene in Beauty and the Beast).”

“John's girlfriend at the time comes along with them and she says to them, just think, someday this park is going to be filled with the characters that you guys are going to create. And she had no idea both how right and how wrong she was.”