There’s never a wrong idea. You just keep throwing stuff out and inevitably there are elements of different things that inspire a character or environment.

Directing is one of my favourite things to do because I love telling stories and I love working with the individual artists and it's something that I really missed.

Animation is the only thing I ever wanted to do in my whole life. I have no desire for live-action or anything else.

I think the painted backgrounds in animations are absolutely stunningly beautiful. There's something really special about this medium. I don't believe audiences have grown past it. I think what audiences love is to be entertained-thoroughly, deeply entertained, and that's what I've always set out to do.

In computer animation, every detail has to be thought out, designed, modeled, shaded, placed and lit. The more you add, the more computer memory you need.

A gem of a short film has a sense of pure joy in animation that is different from anything you see in a feature film.

Humor is the easiest to achieve; the 'heart' is always the toughest, because you can't tell people to feel a certain way.