It says something about the curious nature of film, that someone can be so alive on screen, when we're all too aware that they've passed. it underscores how we're mortal, and films are immortal (commenting on the death of Heath Ledger)

Polar Express is not an attempt to do animation. It is a technology-based film.

I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more cynical about Christmas. There's more of an edge.

When Tim Allen made The Santa Clause, I thought that was a delightful film. It took a modern sensibility but layered onto it a kind of sentiment.

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility.

Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process.

I think people in Hollywood are afraid of sentiment because they think audiences will reject it.