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 like naps. I don't drink coffee.

I definitely enjoy getting to know people I find inspiring.

The fact that Maurice Sendak said, "This is something that I made at your age, this was something that was personal to me, and now you need to take it and make something that's personal to you." I don't know, but we made the Where The Wild Things Are movie that we set out to make, and Maurice loves it. If Maurice was anxious about it, then I would be petrified.

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

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.