Mayor: How horrible our Christmas will be! Jack Skellington: *No.* [the Mayor switches to his upset face] Jack Skellington: How *jolly*! Mayor: Oh. How *jolly* our Christmas will be.

If I had a choice about going to a meeting at a studio or changing a nappy, I'd choose the nappy.

I think of Ray Harryhausen's work - I knew his name before I knew any actor or director's names. His films had an impact on me very early on, probably even more than Disney. I think that's what made me interested in animation: His work.

People told me I couldn't kill Nicholson, so I cast him in two roles and killed him off twice.

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

You don't know whether chimps are going to kill you or kiss you. They're very open on some levels and much more evil in a certain way.

First of all, you make a movie that you want to see and then you just hope for the best.