I'm Always Excited To Work With Actors.

When I Was Young, I Would Stay In My Backyard And I Would Create Roads And Tunnels And Systems. My Uncle Had A Sawmill, And We Had All Sorts Of Pieces Of Wood, And We'd Create A City. I Truly Believe That Kids Enjoy The Box Better Than The Car Or The Toy That's Inside. So Many Times During Christmas, Watching A Kid, Or Even Myself... There Is Excitement Toward Your Toy, But Then You Put The Toy On The Side And Something Is Created With The Package.

I'm Going To Work With Dan Clowes. After Charlie Kaufman, It's Hard To Fill Up The Gap. It's Hard To Find Somebody Who... A Lot Of Writers, I Can Clearly See The Desire Of Succeeding Before The Desire Of Expressing Themselves. Sometimes People Get Upset When You Want To Be Different. You Were Talking About "whimsical," Which Is A Nice Word. But Sometimes They Use The Word "quirky" In The Pejorative Sense. I Get Frustrated, Because They Feel Like I'm Doing Whatever I Want, And There Is No Ground, And I Don't Really Care. They Feel It's Cynical. But I Don't Think I Have Any Cynicism In Me.

I Shoot People In A Way That Makes The Audience Feel Equal To Them. And It's Hard To Express And It's Hard To Execute But I Think It Works On Every Level - The Choice Of The Material The Choice Of The Actor, My Relationship With The Actor, And So On.

Michael Jackson Will Always Be My Favorite Pop Musician; He Was For Years And Years Until His Death, Which Was Horrible To Me. So I Like Pop Culture. But To Me, Even If It's Popular, There Is A Quality In The Music You Have To Be Able To Appreciate.

I Think Animation Is A Very Truthful Way To Express Your Thoughts, Because The Process Is Very Direct. That's What I've Always Liked About Animation, Particularly Abstract Animation. You Go From The Idea To Execution, Straight From Your Brain. It's Like When You Hear Someone Playing An Instrument, And You Feel The Direct Connection Between The Instrument And His Brain, Because The Instrument Becomes An Extension Of His Arms And Fingers. It's Like A Scanner Of The Brain And Thought Process That You Can Watch, Or Hear.