I think it's really nice to have an authenticity, it's a huge source for us to be able to lean on people who have that knowledge.

When people feel safe, they can come up with ideas. It's important to listen to the actor who is there on the stage and living it.

The story in that particular spot was an ancient history story, and we wanted to give it a historical feeling, which was why we used a historical calligraphy scroll come to life.

When you see all of the pandas in this movie [Kung Fu Panda 3], they are rolling because that is exactly what they do. Not only were we able to watch the pandas play but we had free range to walk around and get a feel for the architecture and get a sense of where they lived ,so there's a lot of firsthand exploration.

Sometimes, you just have to go in there and bowl people over with your sheer force of will.

It's like being the general of an army [directing a film]. You send people out to die.

We did two films [Kung Fu Panda], because the first two films were so embraced by the Chinese audiences we wanted to make something we could push further and since this is a co-production, it seemed like the perfect time to create something that felt native to Chinese audiences.