Michael Regilio

Exactly. The guy standing in the hallway was like, we need some poor schmuck to write this thing. How about you? Yeah, like, I just got to drop off this milk. I'll be right back. Yeah, so I feel like I was really lucky to be at Pixar from Ratatouille to Toy Story 3. It was Ratatouille, WALL-E, up, and then Toy Story 3, and then I worked on Inside Out while Toy Story 3 was still being finished.

I mean, it's just a great, great experience. They really had this great... collaborative culture. I was credited with writing Toy Story 3, but it was really co-writers were Andrew Stan, Leon Critch, and John Lasseter, and then about 20 other people that were all helping to get that script to where it was. So it was probably 10 people for three years working full-time on that script.

I mean, it's just a great, great experience. They really had this great... collaborative culture. I was credited with writing Toy Story 3, but it was really co-writers were Andrew Stan, Leon Critch, and John Lasseter, and then about 20 other people that were all helping to get that script to where it was. So it was probably 10 people for three years working full-time on that script.

I mean, it's just a great, great experience. They really had this great... collaborative culture. I was credited with writing Toy Story 3, but it was really co-writers were Andrew Stan, Leon Critch, and John Lasseter, and then about 20 other people that were all helping to get that script to where it was. So it was probably 10 people for three years working full-time on that script.

So 10 man years of labor for a 93-minute movie.

So 10 man years of labor for a 93-minute movie.

So 10 man years of labor for a 93-minute movie.

Yeah. You call it collaborative. It sounds collaborative and loving. And it also sounds absolutely brutal and unforgiving because with that many great storytellers in the room, it sounds like everybody is putting every story element under the microscope and pushing it to the best possible version, which would explain why Pixar movies are so good.

Yeah. You call it collaborative. It sounds collaborative and loving. And it also sounds absolutely brutal and unforgiving because with that many great storytellers in the room, it sounds like everybody is putting every story element under the microscope and pushing it to the best possible version, which would explain why Pixar movies are so good.

Yeah. You call it collaborative. It sounds collaborative and loving. And it also sounds absolutely brutal and unforgiving because with that many great storytellers in the room, it sounds like everybody is putting every story element under the microscope and pushing it to the best possible version, which would explain why Pixar movies are so good.

But what is it like to be a creative in that environment? It's...

But what is it like to be a creative in that environment? It's...

But what is it like to be a creative in that environment? It's...

My job is that it's the greatest job in the world, except for the soul crushing anxiety that comes along with it. Because I remember I had been hired to do a Toy Story three. And after like six months, I was like, Hey, I wonder what the Rotten Tomatoes score for the first Toy Story movie is. So I go look it up. It's like a hundred percent. No pressure.

My job is that it's the greatest job in the world, except for the soul crushing anxiety that comes along with it. Because I remember I had been hired to do a Toy Story three. And after like six months, I was like, Hey, I wonder what the Rotten Tomatoes score for the first Toy Story movie is. So I go look it up. It's like a hundred percent. No pressure.

My job is that it's the greatest job in the world, except for the soul crushing anxiety that comes along with it. Because I remember I had been hired to do a Toy Story three. And after like six months, I was like, Hey, I wonder what the Rotten Tomatoes score for the first Toy Story movie is. So I go look it up. It's like a hundred percent. No pressure.

And I was like, well, I wonder what the Rotten Tomatoes. Yeah. What's Rotten Tomatoes for Toy Story two. And it was a hundred percent, you know? So it's just like, okay, you got your work cut out for you. Also leading up to that, Ratatouille, Wall-E, and Up had all been nominated for Best Screenplay, and then Up had been nominated for Best Picture.

And I was like, well, I wonder what the Rotten Tomatoes. Yeah. What's Rotten Tomatoes for Toy Story two. And it was a hundred percent, you know? So it's just like, okay, you got your work cut out for you. Also leading up to that, Ratatouille, Wall-E, and Up had all been nominated for Best Screenplay, and then Up had been nominated for Best Picture.

And I was like, well, I wonder what the Rotten Tomatoes. Yeah. What's Rotten Tomatoes for Toy Story two. And it was a hundred percent, you know? So it's just like, okay, you got your work cut out for you. Also leading up to that, Ratatouille, Wall-E, and Up had all been nominated for Best Screenplay, and then Up had been nominated for Best Picture.

No big deal.