Even in hand drawn animation, humans are widely considered to be the most difficult to execute, because everybody has a feeling for how they move.

I got my heroes secondhand, from television and movies, to a certain extent.

I had about the biggest, longest wish list anyone could have, and 99 percent of what I wanted to get on the screen we got on the screen within our schedule and within our budget and within our resources.

If you move something 10 pounds through space and then stop suddenly, there's a little overshoot. When you transfer weight from one leg to another, there's a certain way that it happens.

My kids love anime, but I don't show them the really graphic stuff

I think it's the most extraordinary studio around. I would love to do my next project with Pixar.

To make something really great and different and interesting means taking risks and following these ideas in your head.