I remember feeling that technology was like trying to draw with your foot. In a ski boot. It was the most indirect way to work imaginable, but the potential had us all excited. I started in stop motion.

This technology will obviously become more prevalent. Who knows what will result? One thing is certain, computer technology will revolutionize the way we tell stories as much as movie film has.

It's still way too early to draw any conclusions about that.

I personally use my cross-country ski boots because they fit and they're waterproof. But any big pack boot or smaller hiking boot will work in the bindings. The key is to be waterproof.

If you win the Oscar, you get to go into just about anybody's office for a month.

Fox came to us with the concept for ICE AGE and they came to us with the first draft of the script. They also gave us a mandate to make it into a comedy from what was previously a rather dramatic action concept.