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

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

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.

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

People have a real love of looking at small worlds - something inside them is innately attracted to that 'miniature' realm.

I worry about kids today not having time to build a tree house or ride a bike or go fishing. I worry that life is getting faster and faster.

When you make these films, they become like your children. But at a certain point, they don’t belong to you anymore; they belong to the world.