“I'm not actually sure if guilt is an emotion. In fact, that was - at the very beginning of this process, we realized, man, we really don't know very much about this subject so we better do some research. And we started looking around online.” IfsKnowsMenFactsProcessEmotionSubjectsResearchGuiltOnline Author:Pete Docter
“My father was working on his Ph.D. on Danish choral music - the Danish choral music of Carl Nielsen - so over there to do research.” FatherResearchDanishChoral Music Author:Pete Docter
“And it sort of hit me that the very subject matter of the film that I'm dealing with is the key to the most important thing in our lives, and that's our relationships. And so we had done all this research showing the job of each individual emotion, you know, fear keeps you safe. It deals with uncertainty.” KnowsImportantMatterDoneJobsFilmIndividualDealsEmotionOur LivesSubjectsKeysSafeResearchImportant ThingsUncertaintyOur RelationshipSubject Matter Author:Pete Docter
“And in part that's good but then, like any emotion - and this is something we learned from the research as well - there are positive and negative aspects to all of these.” WellsEmotionResearchNegativeAspect Author:Pete Docter