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

I think we all have a Wallace and Gromit inside us. Wallace is the part that has wild plans. Gromit is the sensible side, reining you in.

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

If you respect the audience enough, they can take onboard many things.

My father, an architectural photographer, was an incurable tinkerer, maker and mender.

When I was a teenager, my dad watched my films and told me I could go to art college and study animation. He made me see that I could do this for a living.

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.