I almost feel like its an obligation to not further the status quo if you become somebody with influence and exposure. I dont want to paint the same painting again. I dont want to make the same sculpture again. Why shouldnt a big movie studio be able to make those small independent kinds of pictures? Why not change it up?

Sadly, my hobby is what I do for work, so I don't go off and go fishing. I go home and veg, and then I go back to work.

I've always been shocked and waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop that a girl would ever talk to me, let alone want to marry me. They always seem to hold the power to me, and from my mother to my wife to my daughter, every time I try to really figure them out, and think I've got them pegged, I pay for it.

That's what great art does - it inspires other artists to do great art, and that's what it should do.

There's always one sequence in every animated film that's the bane of every animator's existence.

Change is fundamental in story. If things go static, stories die.

Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances.