John Lasseter, the chief creative officer of Pixar, when speaking at a press conference for Pixar’s latest film, Inside Out, said that it was important to have ethnic minorities in main character positions to reflect their experiences, reports The Telegraph.

“It’s very important for us to have, both at Pixar and at Disney, female, ethnic characters,” Lasseter said. “And it’s grown in importance over time.”

“Animation when we got started was mostly guys, but we have been seeing more and more women and more and more people from all over the world starting to work with it.”

Lasseter continued, adding, “It’s very exciting to see that come up. And I think it will get reflected in the characters.”

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