With some CGI, I think the brain slightly perceives that things aren't real. There's no gravity, the light's not quite real, the shadows aren't quite real.

Americans like the British kind of quirkiness and the strange accent. They find it kind of cute or something, with a certain charm.

There is something about the Australian psyche that seems to like films that are slightly offbeat.

I have to admit to not being the greatest technician, but stop motion animation gives me licence to create machines that wouldn't otherwise be possible - inventions that seem real and actually work.

I'm always there at home thinking of Wallace and Gromit ideas.

The nice thing about animation is that you can realise your inventions without understanding all the hard theory.

After studying in Sheffield, I went down to London to do my post-graduate degree at the National Film and Television School, embarking on the movie that would eventually become 'A Grand Day Out.