With each movie I have a different set of inspirations.

What happened to your hand? It got hit by a mirror. How'd that happen? I lost my temper at myself.

Animating is a very slow, pain-staking process and the animators become the actors at that point.

I don't think any of us are normal people.

The movies I make tend not to be quite reality but the characters are inspired by real people and they're always very personal.

The kids are the ones that have a clarity about what they want. They don't have any wisdom, but they do have a clear understanding about what they want to have happen.

Kids are always open to anything. It's very rare that a kid isn't extremely eager to make you happy.