In Hollywood, they think drawn animation doesn't work anymore, computers are the way. They forget that the reason computers are the way is that Pixar makes good movies. So everybody tries to copy Pixar. They're relying too much on the technology and not enough on the artists.

It's good as an artist to always remember to see things in a new, weird way.

There's something quite exciting when you have a history with somebody and you see them do new and different things.

Johnny Depp is somebody I really love working with because he doesn't care how he looks. He wants to become weird characters and I like that.

When I was a kid I always wanted to be a mad scientist. I don't know... a regular scientist just was no one.

I'm going to put that on my gravestone. "He created such a category of unwanted pop culture - Famous for directing unwanted cultural references".

Unwisely, Santa offered a teddy bear to James, unaware he had been mauled by a grizzly earlier this year.