I like to make people happy, and with fairy tales, I can say anything I want to, but in an agreeable way.

France can compete with the Hollywood studios in terms of animation savoir-faire, but not in terms of box-office figures. France is a small country, and the Americans are the masters of the world - for cinema, it's true.

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.

The film industry needs to find a way to bring audiences to movie theaters. It's more of a technical trick than a revolution.

No matter what the level of funding or success may be, there's always money missing, and you still want to have a gorgeous image, an endless cast and a flawless rendering.

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

I'm never really nervous because I've done the maximum; now it's up to the audience to do its job.