There are a lot of movies I'd like to throw away. That's not to say that I went in with that attitude. Any film I ever started, I went in with all th….

I never had any film training. I went to Northwestern. I studied education and theater. So it was all theater training..

The great god Pan is dead..

It’s almost always sadder to stay than to depart.

I'm just someone who observes a lot..

We all become what we pretend to be..

We are not revived because we sing; we sing because we are revived..

It is not what you do. It is that you do..

Leadership is more doing than dash..

The questions of economics, and how they infect, or rather how they affect intimacy. And that's probably the subject of all my films..

To be is to stand for..

When I work on a film, I always tend to relate to the crew..

If you decide to direct a film, it's because you have something to say, something to show to the audience..

Things that don't exist do exist. They're just really fast..

I'm very interested in politics, and I feel TV is a more political medium than film..

I've always put myself intensely into my work..

Fear is the biggest motivator..

Film is a battleground..

If someone wants to give me the lead in anyone of those films, and deal with those other complications, terrific, Im ready for them..

There's always one sequence in every animated film that's the bane of every animator's existence..

I take every film as it comes..