I feel I'm just meant to do stop-motion. Live-action is much more glamorous to some, but it's basically a whole army of people focused on one thing.

People spend the money where the money is. Nightmare never goes away.

There's very few people who want to just make beautiful films that make money when they can make films that make huge money.

I'm not a public enough persona to be big and loud at the front of the ship. I'd rather more quietly interact with the artisan animators.

Miyazaki's films in Japan are bigger than Titanic. He's an incredible rock star there. In the US, they don't do as well.

We are suffering from a glut of too many 3-D movies and not enough screens.

There's always kids who become stop motion animators. I get stuff all the time. They put it on YouTube. It's exciting to see.

It's nice to be taken seriously.

I'm supporting an up-and-coming director. It's the time in my life that I want to share what I know and pass it along.

There's definitely the desire out there for young people who want to make the movies.

People are very harsh critics of animated humans.

I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.

A very important function of intelligence is the ability to premeditate. ~ Aarush Kashyap

See the conquering hero comes! Sound the trumpets beat the drums!

Never throw fruit at someone who understands the theatrics of the situation better than you do.

It is simply impossible to control a large painting with the edge in the same way that you can control a small one.

It was a weird mix of emotions. One day, your best friend could be killed. The day before, you could be celebrating him getting a brand-new bike.

Theories without facts may be barren, but facts without theories are meaningless.

People will walk through fire for a leader that's true and human.

When a government official says a problem has been "contained," pay no attention.

What happens if you start drawing squares? Well, I'd say the answer to that is, don't get famous for drawing circles.