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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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