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

In dire economic times, movies are relatively inexpensive entertainment for the whole family.

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.

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

Walt Disney had always tried to get more dimension in his animation and when I saw these tapes, I thought, This is it! This is what Walt was waiting for! But when I looked around, nobody at the studio at the time was even halfway interested in it.

I've got Disney blood running through my veins.