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.

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.

I think because I'm not a parent, my most immediate connection to childhood is my memory of my own childhood.

Emotions are messy and hard to figure out.

I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies.

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

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