When business executives are making the artistic decisions and don't understand animation, things can go awry.

I think the work that they do and the style of 3D graphics is absolutely fabulous and I think it's a great brush to use for some stories. And there are other brushes that I think are exclusive to a different kind of story.

How can you have a director that doesn't go to work with the crew every day and talk to them?

I think we have to bottom out. When the studios jump out of the ring, perhaps the artist can get back in.

Usually with things, you go where you can find the financing to do it.

It just seems like the whole, overall animation world is trying to go where maybe animation doesn't belong.

Dragon's Lair 3D is about as close as you can come to controlling an animated feature film.