People have two sides, and a person first becomes appealing when you discover both of those sides - and worlds work exactly the same way.

As far as CGI and hand-drawn animation, I consider them both nothing more than tools for drawing pictures, the same as crayons or oils. Which is why, to me, the most important thing is what it is you are drawing, and in the themes that I depict, I think hand-drawing is the most effective.

One may not be able to fulfill a fatherly role with one's own child, but on the other hand, and this goes for me as well, one might still be a "father of choice" to someone else out there in the world. Fatherhood is something that can be shared worldwide. Meaning that in terms of the substance of a father's role, perhaps we are all pseudo-fathers.

I think of movies as depicting moments of change. Change is growth, and that change also possesses the same dynamism that movies do.

The process of producing a project is one long string of delight and anxiety, but I think the real thrill of animation would have to be drawing the pictures.

I want to take themes that are shared throughout the world, express them through animation, and make movies from them.

Usually, people tend to see someone on the surface and think that that's who that person is.