I do enjoy animated movies. I really love anime and movies like 'Spirited Away' and 'Howl's Moving Castle.'

Sophie and Howl were living - somewhat quarrelsomely it must be confessed, although they were said to be happiest that way - in the moving castle again

She was remorseless, but she lacked method.

I don't want to just do independent movies and I don't want to just do adventure films. I enjoy both, and I think both are cogent.

I happen to still like really dark, dramatic, fractured characters. They're the reason I got into movies.

By now it was clear that Howl was in a mood to produce green slime any second. Sophie hurriedly put her sewing away. "I'll make some hot buttered toast," she said. "Is that all you can do in the face of tragedy??" Howl asked. "Make toast!