Once you're done with the film, it's almost like empty nest syndrome: your kid has moved out of the house.

There's a lot of that empty nest moment.

We've moved their nest box where it's more private.

As animation directors, you're the first one on the film; you're the last one off, and you get to learn from and touch every department throughout the whole journey. I don't know any other job in the world that's like that. I don't think live-action is like that. It's a very different sort of experience.

The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.

Sometimes you just gotta be drop-kicked out of the nest.