Fairy tales are my natural language. I feel at ease telling fairy tales like a fish feels in water. I am totally free.

Digital is expensive, from the computers to the professional software to the technicians, but digital helps me to create more beautiful images in less time.

For me, the stereoscopic imagery was a new game to play with. Surprisingly enough, it's also a return to tradition. I'm back with paper-looking puppets moving about in several layers of theatrical backgrounds.

I never seem to be able to sell my films correctly in the U.S. The U.S. defends itself on its own turf.

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've never made films for children. That's why children like my films. Nobody wants to be treated as a baby.

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.