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.

Every animator is really an actor performing in slow motion, living the character a drawing at a time.

Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium.

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

It [moviemaking] is about entertaining audiences with great characters and great stories, you want to make people laugh, you want to make people cry, you want to have great music that is memorable. You want a movie that, as soon as it's over, you want to watch it again, just like that. That's what it is, whether it's live-action, animation, hand drawn, computer, special effects, puppet animation, it doesn't matter. That's the goal of a filmmaker.

It’s so important to create in your own voice, to hold onto what makes you unique, and have faith in your vision.

Animation is the one type of movie that really does play for the entire audience. Our challenge is to make stories that connect for kids and adults.