Be really good with budgets because they keep getting smaller.

Every project starts with a story.

Each simian had a much different body suit, so besides trying to define class across species, there was a definite attempt to dress each group in different styles.

Chicago is partly a fairy tale because it's inside one person's head, so that part of it's made up and the rest of it is reality.

Every story is different, so what is a detail in one might not be in something else. Diversity is something I embrace and love about my work.

Inspiration comes from everywhere: books, art, people on the street. It is an interior process for me.

If I'm doing something contemporary, for sure I'm very aware of what's going on. Personally, I like fashion trends, but when I'm doing a movie, it doesn't affect what I do particularly at all. I don't relate to it in that way.