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.

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.

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.

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

I always loved the idea of a spy movie and part of it came from my personal love of spy movies. It started when I was growing up as a little kid in the 60s.

I worry about kids today not having time to build a tree house or ride a bike or go fishing. I worry that life is getting faster and faster.

Sure, they were simple desk lamps with only a minimal amount of movement, but you could immediately tell that Luxo Jr. was a baby, and that the big one was his mother. In that short little film, computer animation went from a novelty to a serious tool for filmmaking.