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“I always wanted to do an animated movie. I find it to be incredibly liberating as a way of telling a story.”
“I'd love to do a PG-13 animated adventure. It would be great.”
“I think you can never ever lie, ever. If you don't know, say, 'I don't know'.”
“I think my parents gave me a love of learning; from there you set out on your own path.”
“I think when you get people who are really talented and you take them out of their comfort zone, you get a lot more out of them.”
“Raising kids these days is hard. I'm the second to last child in my family. I think it's tough; I have two kids, I see them and I feel like I see things in them; they awaken the inner child in you.”
“My respect for animators and animation directors has gone way, way up and it is just not something you can phone in.”
“I'm a fan of the western genre. When I see a character actor, I see a whole movie behind a scene before and after. There's a whole other movie behind it.”
“Drama is drama, and it's really... if it's something small, you put a magnifying glass up to it; if it's something big, you use a wide lens.”
“I try to push and find something awkward. The gems to me are truly awkward situations, and you have to have somebody who's willing to fail because those can't be conceived. They never play if they're thought about and discussed too much. You have to create them right at the moment and look for something honest.”
“I think audiences ultimately want something new. I think the business model for a franchise is such that it's very low risk because you have data and studios love data.”
“My respect for Westerns have gone way, way up. It's hard and treacherous work. It's hard to find people these days who can ride horses like that and jump onto trains.”
“Reading in a sound booth seems very strange. Everyone has a process they are comfortable with; this was uncomfortable for me.”
“I like horror movies, and in fact I like them even more now after making one. I just think they're much more liberating because you don't really have to apply a very strict logic.”
“My respect for animation has gone way up. It's a truckload of work. I have to sit with my animators the same way I'd sit with my actors and cast them.”