I like hiring people based on a feeling - this person gets it - rather than what they've done in the past.

Be willing to get fired for a good idea.

Music is thousands and thousands of years old and I don't think that basic, primitive connection to the language of music ever changes.

Felt is not the easiest thing to animate. It's very flimsy.

It's fun when you start a movie, because it's kind of like you get to go Christmas shopping... you get to make your wish list and you start thinking about what each character needs.

Where The Wild Things Are we were asking a lot of a 9-year-old kid. We were asking a lot of any actor.

I feel like you only have so much time to make stuff. I'm definitely aware of that. I'm also excited about it.