I've realized that what you think of when you make a 'big movie,' if it's actually a green screen movie, it's like doing independent New York theater because you don't have any backgrounds or props. So it's kind of like making the lowest budgeted film you could possibly imagine, plus $100 million.

How much cooler was Oz than seeing the little dude behind the curtain?

It was very, very challenging being on this thing called the gimbal. It would throw you around, give you whiplash, and they'd tie you down.

I know what wanting and craving adventure feels like, I can really relate to that.

If you give an actor any wiggle room to whine in situations where they want to whine, you're gonna whine.

I identify with someone wanting something to work out, but not being able to get through the rocks to the river.

A lot of the stuff in 'Speed Racer' has never been done before, from it having a multi-tone, to it having a retro-cool family movie, to having the photo-realism with the CG-backgrounds and infinite focus the way they worked with these digital cameras, to even the color experimentation.