Now, I just made an animated movie a few years ago, 'The Tale of Desperaux', and that had twelve hundred shots in it. Twelve hundred CG shots is a pr….

'Harry Potter' created a generation of readers in an era when kids could have disappeared into the depths of the Internet. That's no small feat. Ever….

History is full of examples of people who clamp down after they began to enjoy too much freedom. Freedom can lead to instability, anarchy, and confus….

Any director, if you really ask them, will tell you that the toughest thing to do is like a dinner table or a dialogue scene because you need to keep….

I think the CG is an instrument to create reality. I don't think it's an instrument to create a heightened reality..

In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence..

Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was the '50s, and for other generat….

Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that..

As a writer and a director, I simply don't have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make because of the fixed and tigh….

Why is every great children's story about a journey? Maybe that's because we are always on one..

I have some favorites. I love Chaplin; I mean I really love Chaplin. I just think there's a grace and an elegance that's almost never been matched..

You have to listen to the movie while you're making it. I think that's important..

As time goes by the memories of sitting on the edge of a bed and reading aloud with your kid are going to be very meaningful in your own mental scrap….

There is no right way to live. You preclude a lot of life by trying to conform to that kind of ideal or stereotype. And it's a natural inclination in….

You rarely get a tentpole that has this much emotional depth, this much character to dive into..

There are not many people on Team Gary. Actually, it's two people. My kids..