It's Nice To Be Taken Seriously.

Every Kid Has A Toy That They Believe Is Their Best Friend, That They Believe Communicates With Them, And They Imagine It Being Alive, Their Toy Horse Or Car Or Whatever It Is. Stop-motion Is The Only Medium Where We Literally Can Make A Toy Come To Life, An Actual Object.

Almost Any Modern Video Camera Can Take Stills, So There's Always This Fresh Crop Of Kids That Like Making Things And Moving Them By Hand. So It's As Much Our Desire To Keep It Going As What We Believe Is The Public's Desire For Handmade Stuff That Really Feels Handmade, Where They Aren't Being Tricked Into It Being Handmade.

I'm Supporting An Up-and-coming Director. It's The Time In My Life That I Want To Share What I Know And Pass It Along.

'coraline' Is Neil Gaiman's Book, It Sold A Lot, It Has A Big Fan Base. It Was Originally Conceived To Be Live Action, But I Never Really Wanted It To Be. I Always Thought That It Would Work Better As An Animated Film.

I Have More Faith In Doing Something Creative For A Cable Station Or Something Like Yahoo Or Google Or Amazon. What Netflix Did With 'house Of Cards' And David Fincher Was Brilliant. That Is Inspiring To Me. I Think There Is More Chance For Creativity In Animation, It Just Hasn't Happened There Yet.