I just think that the qualities of leadership are unknown even to the leader until he's tested and given a challenge.

My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way into whatever I decided to do.

I believe in 3D for certain kinds of films. I certainly believe in using 3D for all things in animation because animation has such clarity and so much depth of focus. It worked great with 'Avatar' because 70 percent of that film is animated.

I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids.

He never gave up. And he does that for us

With all the movies I've made about history, it's not really fun because you're trying to get it right. You've got history telling how it was, and then my imagination is telling me how I wish it had been, but I can't go there, so I have to censor myself. I'm very good about stopping myself from creating history that never occurred, but it's frustrating.

I just think that the qualities of leadership are unknown even to the leader until he's tested and given a challenge.