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'.

It's always good to keep people guessing.

I think when you get people who are really talented and you take them out of their comfort zone, you get a lot more out of them.

I find it ironic that fear is eliminating the possibility to tell stories that depict our ability to overcome fear

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.

Animation is a technique, not a genre.