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.

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

We have to look forward and keep filming new films and not get stuck in the past.

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

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.

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

But I think people see 'Wallace and Gromit' as something akin to an elderly couple. These two know each other so well. Nothing can split them apart.