One gets used to success very quickly. The surprise was how deep and enduringly I was touching people, in such different places and throughout generations.

The quality and success of Disney was actually bad for us animators because everyone on the planet thought that animation was only for kids and only in a certain domain. The big film festivals never thought much about animated films.

I'm a sorcerer because I start with nothing, and then, eventually, there is something. And I touch you, I move you, I make you laugh or cry, and you believe in what's happening on the screen, although I always show it's invented.

Before my commercial success, I had difficulty doing what I wanted, but my sincere short films always won prizes in festivals. So I was ready for larger successes.

Kids in different countries know my movies by heart because they've seen them so many times. And wonderful returns never stop.

I'd never make a film that I am not passionate about. My whole life, I've only made the films I wanted to make, even when I had limited means.

I do my films the best as I can, period. I always hope that, gradually, my honest work will reach Americans.