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People will turn their noses up at a sequel or that type of thing, but Pixar really works hard - if they're making a sequel - to make a sequel an original movie, to make it an original story.

Most people know me at Pixar as the guy that doesn't like to do sequels or very reluctant to do sequels.

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.

By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.

The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original. Too many sequels diminish the original.

I'm not big on sequels; I've done them, but I like doing little things that have their own timelessness to them, classic type things, and then you go onto something new.

I pointedly avoid doing sequels, since for the most part I find that a sequel rarely stands up to the original.

You do sequels because they are tent poles. They open well, and they hold the tent up. But in between, you make a movie you respect.

I don't know if I would do sequels. I almost feel like when I'm done with them, they're going to have to find their own way.

I never actually plan sequels. They demand to be done.