Episode
21. Pete Docter: “What If Monsters Really Do Exist?”
People I (Mostly) Admire · May 9, 2026 · 43 min
He’s the chief creative officer of Pixar, and the Academy Award-winning director of Soul, Inside Out, Up, and Monsters, Inc. Pete Docter and Steve talk about Pixar’s scrappy beginnings, why it costs $200 million to make an animated film, and the movie moment that changed Steve’s life. This episode originally aired on March 26th, 2021.