The closer you get to reality, the harder it is to make it look convincing to the audience. That's why I tend to make things [films] that are a little bit more caricature.

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.

There’s never a wrong idea. You just keep throwing stuff out and inevitably there are elements of different things that inspire a character or environment.

I've got Disney blood running through my veins.

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.

Slice open one of my veins and cartoons will pour out; open another vein and you'll get a flood of motor oil.

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