There is a sense that animated movies are suddenly a genre. I just don't believe they are; it's a technique to tell a story.

I think you can never ever lie, ever. If you don't know, say, 'I don't know'.

I just watched so many Westerns as a kid that you end up using archetypes and sort of tropes of that genre, because there's a language there and you can twist it and turn it on its head or play to it or go sideways at any time.

I think my parents gave me a love of learning; from there you set out on your own path.

My respect for animators and animation directors has gone way, way up and it is just not something you can phone in.

I'd love to do a PG-13 animated adventure. It would be great.

All the traditional westerns are about choice and the individual. When progress comes it's much more difficult to define the individual in that world.