We, as producers, want to tell the best stories. We want to tell the stories that people will talk about.

It's always hard for the first movie because you have to spend so much time introducing the characters.

People are sophisticated viewers, as evidenced by the risks that are taken in cable television, and I think network has to do the same thing.

You want to tell a great story. You want these characters to become part of people's lives. And then, hopefully, that generates discussion.

People grew up on the animated movie. Bill Condon is Bill Condon. And nobody does those movies better than Disney does.

Of course, marketing and publicity does an amazing job of prepping everybody for that, but there's nothing like sitting there and experiencing the movie.

Sometimes you have to make bold choices, creatively. I'm always in favor of that.