The ability to understand and deliver comedy and tragedy is extremely rare in one composer..

Even if you have a gift, it's nearly impossible to become a good actor in just a few weeks of training..

I always knew that I wanted to be a writer. I think I was six or seven when I learned how to read, and I still remember it..

The fantastical images in my works are descriptive in a different way - a metaphorical way - that removes you from reality. Then, this visually remov….

In my opinion, animation is best when it communicates without words, because it is the perfect medium through which to make shortcuts to meaning. Whe….

I do love improvisation, I love when I find an object in my studio or kitchen (look, a tea sample's tiny glass jar!) and instantly incorporate it in ….

Animation remove you from a visual reality - if it was live action, you wouldn't be able to see through the person's mind. But animation takes a step….

I guess I'm interested in the behind-the-surface feelings of the human condition, in my own way. I was always struck by the gap - at least in the boo….

Storyboards are kind of inflexible, once you finish making them you have to stick to them. Since animation takes such a long time you become a slave ….

I try not to think of myself as a woman filmmaker. I don't look for women influences. I have noticed in the past few years that there is a certain c….

With my personal work I prefer not to work from storyboards because being a director, producer and animator in one person I don't have to communicate….

I have decided that I want animation to be taken seriously; that is the goal of my life. I believe that animation is a very important medium to tell ….

I would never jump under a subway car because that would delay all the people behind me. How inconsiderate!.

Like every normal person, I hate my voice. And I am not the only one who hates my voice. The voiceover gets a lot of strong reactions. A lot of peopl….

Nobody wants to see the truth. Everybody wants to have the fantasy. When I look back at the books I was reading in my childhood were selling some sor….

I guess for major film industry players a film is a money making devise, so using formulas assures them that their investment will have returns. A lo….

The book that influenced me most is Sherlock Holmes, which teaches you the way to deal with reality: to deduct. It teaches you to put together the si….

I define art as a work created by a human that has a unique point of view and discovers something that was not there before..

When industry people see something different they don't know what to do with it, so filmmakers who make films about women, they kind of fall through ….

Once an audience feels that you trust them like you trust a friend, they do become your friends..

I animated everything traditionally, on paper. I love how the texture of paper looks (it also matches textures of papier-mâché) and I love the tactil….