Animated films are so precisely engineered - right down to forming lines of dialogue with words pulled from several different takes - how do you translate that spontaneity from the live-action to the digital realm?

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

Animation is a technique, not a genre.

I just don't know when we all decided that if it doesn't fit in a Happy Meal box, it's not for kids. I remember flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz, and I grew up watching Monty Python. I think that kids can handle a lot more than we give them credit for, especially when it comes to the absurd.

I'd like to think that if you find your audience there are still opportunities there to go and tell an original story.

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.

Nothing's occurring in animation - you manufacture everything.