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.

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

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 think that stereoscopic 3D will have to continue to develop. It's still quite archaic because of the glasses you have to wear.

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.