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

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

Get out and make films. There are so many cameras now to suit any budget, so there are no excuses.

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

Gromit was the name of a cat. When I started modeling the cat I just didn't feel it was quite right, so I made it into a dog because he could have a bigger nose and bigger, longer legs.

Like my father, I would never as a child throw anything away, keeping old toys, electric motors and bits of broken machines under my bed in what I called my Box of Useful Things.

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.