Animating is a very slow, pain-staking process and the animators become the actors at that point.

Paris is a place where, for me, just walking down a street that I've never been down before is like going to a movie.

I don't think any of us are normal people.

Anytime I make a movie, I really have absolutely no idea how it's going to go over. I've had the whole range of different kinds of reactions.

I don't really look for challenges as much as I like adventures. Other than that I'm just trying to find stories I want to tell.

The movies I make tend not to be quite reality but the characters are inspired by real people and they're always very personal.

You don't do background music the way a lot of more conventional films do. The music is often kind of a character in your films to the extent that sometimes you stop and watch someone perform a song.

I just want to make films that are personal, but interesting to an audience.

I wouldn't say that I'm particularly bothered or obsessed with detail.

I love working with actors. That's what the set really is, for me. It's my time with the actors.

Some of the ideas are kind of inspired by the songs, and I always want to use music to tell the story and give the movie a certain kind of mood. That's always essential to me.

They shared the chores of living as some couples do --she did most of the work and he appreciated it.

It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune

All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel... and that's what I've been doing all my life.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

I am lucky: I have fantastic doctors and a fantastic dentist.

Ronald Reagan is not a typical politician because he doesn't know how to lie, cheat, and steal. He's always had an agent for that.

Call them pros, call them mercenaries - but in fact they are just grown - up kids who have learned on the frozen creek or flooded corner lot that hockey is the greatest thrill of all.

When I was young, I did actually model and was much photographed by famous photographers. But I was always a bookworm.

I believe that marriage is a representation of Christ and the church and when Christ and the church are unified, they are the strongest and most attractive to those that don't know Jesus.

The mind which is most capable of receiving impressions is very often the least capable of drawing conclusions.