I Was Not A Big Comic-book Reader.

Look, It's A Mainstream Animated Movie, And How Often Are Those Considered Thought Provoking? It's Meant To Be A Great Time At The Theater, But It's Also Designed To Work On More Than One Level

Animation Is About Creating The Illusion Of Life. And You Can't Create It If You Don't Have One.

The Problem Is That Every Time People Have Deviated From The Disney Playbook In Hand-drawn Animation, They've Done So With Staff That Are Nowhere Near Disney-level Talent Or Disney-level Budgets.

You Have To Be Emotionally Attached To What You Are Doing.

I Had About The Biggest, Longest Wish List Anyone Could Have, And 99 Percent Of What I Wanted To Get On The Screen We Got On The Screen Within Our Schedule And Within Our Budget And Within Our Resources.