“Toy Story we found, sorta by accident, because we didnt know what we were doing, the idea of being replaced by somebody. Everybody has that fear, or encounters this jealousy at some point.” KnowsIdeasStoriesFoundAccidentsEncountersToysReplaced Author:Pete Docter
“The idea kind of started with me just thinking about what would be fun to see in animation, you know - what have I not seen? For some reason, I got thinking about the human body and realizing, well, I've seen, like, traveling through the bloodstream and into the, you know, stomach and things.” ThinkingKnowsHumansWellsKindIdeasReasonBodyWould BeFunRealizingStomachHuman BodyAnimation Author:Pete Docter
“The way real memories work, from what we understand, is really complex. And it's an interconnection of different things and redundancy in the brain. So the idea of a memory existing as a little snow globe - the way we represent it in the film - is actually not scientifically accurate at all.” WayLittlesIdeasDifferentRealFilmMemoriesBrainComplexesSnowDifferent ThingsAccurateGlobesInterconnectionRedundancy Author:Pete Docter
“It might have been introduced slowly over the course of the years as you recall this memory over and over. So that was a very cool but complex idea that we thought about representing in the film but could not find a way to make it work.” WayYearsHas BeensIdeasMightFilmCoursesMemoriesComplexesRecallsMight Have BeenRepresentingVery Cool Author:Pete Docter
“So this idea of moving seemed like a good way to sort of represent that metaphorically. It also is something for me personally. When I was in fifth grade - so about 11 - my folks moved us to Denmark.” WayIdeasMovingMovedFolksGradesFifthGood WayDenmarkFifth Grade Author:Pete Docter
