I am not a dark person and I don't consider myself dark.

I never really got nightmares from movies. In fact, I recall my father saying when I was three years old that I would be scared, but I never was.

I think a lot of kids feel alone and slightly isolated and in their own world.

I always liked making things, and then I fell into animation. And then luck comes into it as well.

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 remember early in my career with Disney, which was a very strange time in the company - there were a couple of executives who were very supportive of me and kind of let me do my own thing.

If youve ever had that feeling of loneliness, of being an outsider, it never quite leaves you. You can be happy or successful or whatever, but that thing still stays within you.