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.

I've always loved animation it's the reason why I do what I do for a living - the films of Walt Disney. This art form is so spectacular and beautiful. And I never quite understood the feeling amongst animation studios that audiences today only wanted to see computer animation. It's never about the medium that a film is made in, it's about the story. It's about how good the movie is.

I do what I do because of Walt Disney - his films and his theme park and his characters and his joy in entertaining.

Every technology that comes into filmmaking is first a gimmick. Think about sound with 'The Jazz Singer' or the first colour or surround sound - it takes a while for filmmakers to understand how to use it.

We make the kind of movies we like to watch. I love to laugh. I love to be amazed by how beautiful it is. But I also love to be moved to tears. There's lots of heart in our films.

I love movies that make me cry, because they're tapping into a real emotion in me, and I always think afterwards "How did they do that?"

People have a real love of looking at small worlds - something inside them is innately attracted to that 'miniature' realm.