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

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

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

I think people imagine going back to a time when they knew who they were and they knew what the circumstances were - if you screwed up it was your fault.