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

People who get into animation tend to be kids. We don't have to grow up. But also, animators are great observers, and there's this childlike wonder and interest in the world, the observation of little things that happen in life.

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.

I believe in research you cannot do enough research; believability comes out of what's real.

I realized that people make cartoons for a living. It had never dawned on me that you could do this as a career.

I think that the entertainment industry and the entertainment press tends to focus on opening weekend box office as a measure of the success of a film and I think the true success is out there in people's homes and how much they absolutely love these characters.

If you can think about it, you can create it.