A film is not done by one person. It's done by a lot of people. I love this whole collaborative aspect. When it works well, you end up with something better than any of us started out to do.

I think if you study--if you learn too much of what others have done, you may tend to take the same direction as everybody else.

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.

I do remember doing shows strictly in black and white, too, so you're right.

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending. We've done just what we set out to do. Thanks to the lovers, the dreamers and you.

Music is an essential part of everything we do. Like puppetry, music has an abstract quality which speaks to a worldwide audience in a wonderful way that nourishes the soul.

The beauty of nature has been one of the great inspirations in my life.