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

I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible.

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

The things that are really out of control, and scary, are emotions - of people around you, that are unpredictable, or those in yourself which are unpredictable.

Even in this world where you’re getting everything you need and having this nice life, there’s still loneliness and longing and disconnection.

When I first moved up to San Francisco to write Where The Wild Things Are, I had a couple moments where I talked to somebody, and they're like, "Oh, I love that book. I love this part of it," or, "This is what it means to me." And it's like, "Well, I don't know. I guess that's not what I'm making the movie about." But very early on, I don't know, we sort of let go of that fear.

Big emotions that are unexplained are really scary. At least to me.