I've Been Accused Of Being Aloof. I'm

I Started My Career Giving A Clinic In Bad Acting In The Film, "the Silver Chalice," And Now I'm Playing A Crusty Old Man Who's An Animated Automobile [in "cars"]. That's A Creative Arc For You, Isn't It?

I Have An Extraordinary Attention Span. I Manage To Juggle Two Or Three Different Ideas At The Same Time, And That's Probably, If I Have A Gift, That's Probably The Best Gift That's Given Me.

Well, The Nice Thing About Animation, You Don't Even Really Have To Account For Yourself. All Of The Physical Stuff That You Work On As An Actor, You Just Throw Away.

I Had No Natural Gift To Be Anything - Not An Athlete, Not An Actor, Not A Writer, Not A Director, A Painter Of Garden Porches - Not Anything. So I've Worked Really Hard, Because Nothing Ever Came Easily To Me.

It's Absolutely Amazing That I Survived All The Booze And Smoking And The Cars And The Career.