I think I'm optimistic, yeah, especially in real life, but I think it's funny to be pessimistic.

One thing I always heard from the begining when I talked about this being a movie - was that the rule is that animated movies don't work unless they're Disney movies for kids. Unless they're family movies.

I think I'm optimistic, yeah, especially in real life, but I think it's funny to be pessimistic.

I actually saw a kid and went home and drew him. I don't even know who he was. I was buying a TV set in Circuit City. I was looking at this kid and he was kind of standing there, staring off into space. Kids are pretty chubby nowadays because of all the fast-food places. I grew up eating fast food but now everything is double beef and double cheese. So there are a lot of these chubby boys with long, baggy shorts.

I'm sorry I can't get into Scooby Doo on any level.

Beauty and the Beast seemed like it all was really brown. The whole thing was just so brown and orange and yellow, like Burger King or something. I don't think I would have liked Beauty and the Beast at any age.

Then there was a kid in the neighborhood about three blocks away, his name was Bobby Beavis.