Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.

I wouldn't leave Disney to do Disney.

As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks.

What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.

I miss animation very passionately. Not continuously, but every once in a while I would die to do another film.

Painting pictures didn't make me a lot of money. I have to eat.

I'm from the East Coast. I love the city. I love the characters. I love the kind of people we are, the kind other people look at in amazement.