I Don't Intentionally Make Deep Movies.

Animators Can Only Draw From Their Own Experiences Of Pain And Shock And Emotions.

Virtual Reality Is A Denial Of Reality. We Need To Be Open To The Powers Of Imagination, Which Brings Something Useful To Reality. Virtual Reality Can Imprison People.

Rather Than Making That A Good Project, I Like To Make The Kinds Of Films That Children Can Understand In Five Minutes What The Film Is About.

I'd Like More Of The World Go Back To Being Wild.

If [hand-drawn Animation] Is A Dying Craft, We Can't Do Anything About It. Civilization Moves On. Where Are All The Fresco Painters Now? Where Are The Landscape Artists? What Are They Doing Now? The World Is Changing. I Have Been Very Fortunate To Be Able To Do The Same Job For 40 Years. That's Rare In Any Era.