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.

My father pulled into Pearl Harbor four days after the bombing, and he said, everything was still burning. He said they never told the public how bad it was. It was really bad.

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.

You cannot base a whole movie on just the imagery alone. It has to be the story and the characters.

The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art.

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.

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