I Love The Irony Of Movies. I

I'd Say The Purest Experience For The Movie Is Not To Have Read The Book Because I Think When You've Read The Book You're Just Ticking Off Boxes. I Think That After You See The Movie, Reading The Book Is A Cool Thing. I Always Say The Movie's Not Meant To Replace The Book. That's Ridiculous. I'm A Huge Fan Of The Book.

There Was This Interesting Quote: Try And Live Your Life Without Fear And Desire. It's This Concept That's Like When You Look At A Painting In A Museum And You Are Held In Aesthetic Arrest. So The I, The Ego, Is Stripped, Is Gone. The Observer And Thing Become One. That's Where Fear And Desire Come In Because You Don't Want To Own It, Possess It, Desire It, And It's Not Moving You To Fear. It's Like You're In This Harmonious State With The Object.

The Problem Is, When You're Making An Animated Movie, The Studio Has An Illusion In Their Minds - And It's Really Not True - That Because It's A Drawing, It Can Be Changed At Any Time.

When Reality Is A Prison, Your Mind Can Set You Free.

Of Course It Would Depend On The Project, But I Don't Think I Could Ever Separate Myself From My Aesthetic.