I always considered Ray Harryhausen's work so fine that it was way out of my league: in terms of realism and naturalism, in terms of animal movement.

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

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

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

We can do things that we never could before. Stop-motion lets you build tiny little worlds, and computers make that world even more believable.

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.