There is a scene in the movie where Astrid and Hiccup fly on Toothless's back toward the island of Berk. The animation is intensely real, from the waves on the sea to wisps of wind blowing in the characters' hair. The feeling I get watching that scene is why I fly - just for that feeling.

The new Pope, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is now Pope Francis the 1st. Francis was not his first choice for a name. But the Vatican wisely talked him out of Pope Boo Boo.

I found out it is just as hard to make a movie that you are not proud of as it is to make one you love.

I hope what I do has an art to it, and as an artist you have to try new things and keep yourself entertained.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with telling the truth. I know it isn’t fashionable.

World War Z is out today. The big zombie movie. The trailer looks scary. You see hordes of bodies climbing and rolling over each other. It's like Black Friday at the mall.

A lot of people come to L.A. looking for something. What I came here for, I realize now, is to be okay with myself.