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.

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.

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.

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

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.