Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one.
I was not a big comic-book reader.
Oh yeah, I'm still employed at Pixar and I love it here.
I think if you have a really big, heavy person, there's a feeling of an invisible puppeteer jerking them around in space. They don't feel like they are moving themselves.
Without naming names, I think other movies look more realistic but they feel less real.
Speaking personally, I want my films to make money, but money is just fuel for the rocket. What I really want to do is to go somewhere. I don't want to just collect more fuel.