We can still do a stop motion feature for about one-third of what it costs Pixar or DreamWorks or Blue Sky to make a feature. But nobody is interested in a film that cost $50 to 60 million with the potential to do $120 million. They want to risk big money to make huge money.

There's the animation ghetto of feature films in this country. There's this flavor at DreamWorks, and Pixar does their own thing, and generally they're safe. But if you look at Walt Disney's original films, at the time and in the context, they weren't safe. They were really dark and troubling.

I loved DreamWorks and Pixar, and I still love kids' films.

The sky is blue so we know where to stop mowing.

This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country.

Trying to make a feature film yourself with no money is the best film school you can do.