Every single thing you see on-screen came out of somebody's creativity. It doesn't exist. Nature didn't deliver it to us. Everything had to be dreamed.

Inspiration comes from all different places.

A company like DreamWorks, all we do is make product. That's all we do. We don't own distribution. We are purely in the creation of content.

What I love most about animation is, it's a team sport, and everything we do is about pure imagination.

The entire exhibitions industry in the United States of America has filed for bankruptcy.

I haven't got a lot of patience.

Movies are not a growth business.

When you're dealing with clay animation, people forget that every single set is built to scale and by hand.

I think the idea of a traditional story being told using traditional animation is likely a thing of the past.

The thing that's changed the most has just been the rapid technology.

You can tell when an actor or actress cares about their work. It's really clear.

He is always right who suspects that he makes mistakes.

The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.

My whole family is quite petite, so I have good genes on my side. But I find it quite tiresome that we have to keep talking about sizes and how much weight we can lose.

We can do what we wish, but we can only wish what we must.

Arguing is a game that two can play at. But it is a strange game in that neither opponent ever wins.

People are even more reluctant to admit that man explains nothing, than they were to admit that God explains nothing.

I will fight against the division politics of revenge and retribution. If you put me to work for you, I will work to lift people up, not put them down.

It is amazing how many people think they are doing blacks a favor by exempting them from standards that others are expected to meet.

Art imitating life and life imitating art, and it's beyond the job - it will always be a marked period in my life.