One person's craziness is another person's reality.

I grew up watching monster movies and horror movies, which I felt were like fairy tales and I think this always spoke to me. Something about that is symbolism - the beauty and the magic which helps me work with film and start making modern fairy tales.

One of the things I loved about the musical was that you listened to the soundtrack and it told you the story.

I always liked strange characters.

I like actors who like to change and transform to other things.

I started to do stop-motion when I was a kid. You take a Super 8 and make some models, and move, click, move, click. All that. I love all forms of animation, but there is something unique and special to stop-motion: it's more real and the set is lit like a set. But I think it's also a kind of lonely and dark thing to want to do.

A lot of things you see as a child remain with you you spend a lot of your life trying to recapture the experience.