I wouldn't leave Disney to do Disney.

What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion.

Animation is tremendously resilient. Animation will recover, as art always recovers. There's always cycles of good art.

As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks.

As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings

I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.

Disney had such a hold on the mind of America-they were Adolf Hitler. The whole country thought Disney was some sort of god and that animation was some sort of pure thing for children.

Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!

All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.

The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them.

I draw what I feel, which is no more than doing my job.

reality has too many heads

Be what you are.

I stare at Hans. Hans is shaped like an industrial-sized refrigerator. His hands are like cinder blocks.He should not be afraid of a little thing like the ocean.

The more brilliant the lightning, the quicker it disappears.

Adopted. Big Deal; so was Superman

Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man.

If it's meant to be, they'll find a way to make it work eventually.

I used to tell moms that for the sake of their well-being they had to put themselves first. But I know now that's not always possible.

Being a Kapoor, acting is genetic. My sister paved the way for me when she became the first Kapoor girl to take up acting.

I thought last week's game was ugly and this was even uglier.