If You Make Things Too Real, Sometimes

Animation Requires A Great Deal Of Concentration, And I Preferred To Work Alone Because Then I'm Not Deterred By Somebody Asking Me If I Want Coffee, Or The Phone Ringing Or Something.

Animation Had Been Used Only For Things Like King Kong And The Destruction Of Cities, Which Was Very Popular In The 1950s. I Got Tired Of Destroying Cities. I Destroyed New York, I Destroyed San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, Rome, And Washington. I Was Looking For A New Outlet, And I Came Across The Sinbad Legends.

Medusa Was Fascinating To Work With Because I Gave Her A Snake's Body So That She Could Pull Herself With Her Hands Which Gave Her A Very Creepy Aura. I Didn't Want To Animate Cosmic Gowns. Most Medusas You See In The Classics Have Flowing Robes Which Would Be Mad To Even Try To Animate.

I Still Go To The Conventions, And I Like To Hear The Point Of View Of People Today. I'm A Little Afraid They're Being Brainwashed By This New Pop-culture. I Think It's Not Really Elevating Our Lives Like It Did In The Good Old Days Of Hollywood, Where You Had A Happy Ending. They Used To Criticize Happy Endings, But Really, What's The Point Of Going To A Film If You Have To Come Out Hating Your Fellow Man?

With All The Hype That Computer Graphics Has Been Getting, Everybody Thinks There's Nothing Better Than Cgi, But I Do Get A Lot Of Fan Mail Saying They Prefer Our Films To Anything With Cgi In It. I'm Grateful For That, And We Made Them On Tight Budgets, So They Were Considered B-pictures Because Of That. And, Now Here We Are, And They've Outlasted Many So-called A-pictures.