I'm a slave to the beats of the story, not to the words we use to tell the story.

I'm not honestly a real student of animation. I never was into it all that much. I don't really watch any animated shows.

No matter what happens, the world can be pretty ridiculous and people be pretty ridiculous, but how would you react? That's an easy filter to put any story through.

I found a lot of animators bring a lot of baggage to the party, just that there's a certain way of doing things in that world that's a little hard to unlearn.

If improv gets reckless, you can feel it. A lot of shows try to do that, I find. When improv is done sloppily. It betrays the story. It can slow down the energy of the story you're telling.

If I ever wanted to pick someone's brain, like Larry David would obviously be the most relevant.

I don't necessarily consider myself part of the animation world.