Folklore is always changing and evolving for new audiences.

There are so many versions of every story because every storyteller tells the story differently.

I think hand-drawn animation can be something really special. If the character design is quite simple it has the ability to allow people to easily relate to the characters in a special manner.

A cartoon character isn't a specific person. It isn't Tom Cruise or George Clooney playing the part, it's a character that could be you. It's easier for you to get drawn into it in a special way.

Technology is the friend of traditional animation. It doesn't have to replace it. It can help you do it.

I like drawing. I like to spend the day drawing, the process is important for me. Drawing is a just a pleasure and it's nice to keep it going.

The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said, When Allah loves a people, He tries them.

Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow - James Matthew Barrie

Expect the best, prepare for the worst.

To confront death, in any guise, is to identify with the victim and face what is unsettling and sobering

When you start separating people from their rivers, what have you got? Bureaucracy!

I don't believe I'm selfish in any way.

As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

Madison Square Garden sounds like crap.

I really feel that if I did another [Narnia] film I'd just be repeating myself and I don't really want to do that as an actor.

My stepfather and my mother, I love them to death.