Rob Minkoff

“You know, every time you do a film you hope for the best, and you try to do something that's different.”

“I'd got my start as a director on the 'Roger Rabbit' shorts.”

“I think all of the people in animation during that period in the '80s were big fans of the earlier Disney classics and wanted to make the modern films reach those same heights - and the only way to do it, we all knew, was to push the boundaries of what seemed acceptable.”

“If you're in the movies and you haven't been to Beijing, you're kind of missing where things are really happening.”

“History turned out to be my favorite subject.”

“Mr. Peabody is so exceptional in so many things, but he's got to have an Achilles' heel... he can't be perfect.”

“When I was a kid, I used to watch a lot of television. And I was a big, big fan of 'Rocky & Bullwinkle.'”

“I would say Mr. Peabody gives the greatest minds in history a run for the money.”

“We see it as our job to re-invent Disney.”

“You can't think of animation as anything less than a performance and a show.”

“You almost have to learn the past in order to forget it. If you can't allow yourself that, you can't create.”

“I think Disney villains can be the most interesting characters in the films, and so you want to create something that's larger than life - something that really has a lot of personality.”

“I honestly think that half- animated/half-live action movies like 'Stuart Little' are the way forward: technology now achieves photorealism. The impossible is now possible, like much children's fiction.”

“You know, making a movie's like fighting a war - you've got to roll with the punches. You've got to make your battle plan and then quite often go to Plan B, depending on what's going on.”

“I'm breaking all the rules directing a picture with animals, kids - and talking mice!”

“I remember back in my days at Disney, when we were doing hand-drawn animation, CG was just getting started. I remember seeing the tests, and finding them a little cold.”

“I actually took a 3D class, that was offered by the DGA at Sony. They were talking about some of the component parts of 3D, and why it isn't a no-brainer to convert a film. The choices you would make in a 2D film, aren't necessarily the same choices you would make in a 3D film.”

“When I was little, I really loved movies and I also did a lot of performing.”

“One of the great things about Disney, is that from the very beginning of the studio, they've been saving and keeping all this great, incredible artwork. That sort of sets Disney apart from any other studio.”

“Mr. Peabody adopted Sherman and raised him the best way he knows how. Like with any family, things become complicated, so they both must grow and learn from their experiences and ultimately become an even better family.”