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

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

I think audiences ultimately want something new. I think the business model for a franchise is such that it's very low risk because you have data and studios love data.

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.

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