If the machines can take the drudgery out of it and just leave us with the joy of drawing, then that's the best of both worlds - and I'll use those computers!

I have never seen a game's graphics look so sharp and clean. The sound design for the game is also unique on the Xbox. The memory on this system allowed us to provide the user with 5.1 Dolby surround sound for home theatre owners.

Once you work with a studio on a film, the studio is sort of like this enormous clam that just opens, takes everything and then closes, and no one enters again. They own it all.

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.

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

Reese Witherspoon. She's sophisticated enough that you just like her. You like her and she's smart.