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

I separate cartooning, which is fun and wacky and soulful, from illustration, which is very well-drawn and extremely uptight to look at. There's a difference. I'm a cartoonist.

You cant second-guess yourself as a filmmaker.

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.

All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.

My movies continue to be found and be sold because there's something going on in them.

It's curtains for you, Mighty Mouse! This gun is so futuristic that even I don't know how it works!