The Japanese had a very strong belief in Bushido, death before dishonour. They were fighting for their country; they were the aggressors in World War II.

The only thing that gets me back to directing is good scripts.

Cell phones tend to bring us more inside of our lives whereas movies offer a chance to escape, so there are two competing forces.

In '83, not only was there no such thing as performance motion capture technology, there was no such thing as digital animation. This was the analog era.

I feel like Ive been engaged to the British Empire since 1980 and tonight you have given me the ring knighthood.

I think all directors should be animators.

The internet is watching us now. If they want to. They can see what sites you visit. In the future, television will be watching us, and customizing itself to what it knows about us. The thrilling thing is, that will make us feel we're part of the medium. The scary thing is, we'll lose our right to privacy. An ad will appear in the air around us, talking directly to us.