If You're Not Grown Up Enough To

I've Always Liked The Idea Of Inventing Stuff. My Father Told Me, Because I Was Naïve, I Would Think Things Could Work And Therefore Do Them, Because I Would Have No Doubt Even Though There Was No Solid Foundation For This Confidence. I Don't Think I Would Be A Real Inventor. But When I Set Out To Do Animation, Which Was My First Step Into Film-making, I Realised I Could Achieve This Idea. I Could Take Some Elements, Create A Sort Of Clumsy Invention, And Make Them Work For The Camera.

I Want To See Abstract Art Move. Especially In The '30s, You Had Animators Doing Innovative Work, And I Was Entranced By That. It's Basically What You See When You Close Your Eyes, When You Fall Asleep.

I Like Actors Who Don't Have To Think Too Hard About What They Have To Do To Achieve Their Performance.

It's Part Of My Job To Maintain The Emotional Reality And The Naturalism Even When The Atmosphere Is Contrived.

In My Opinion, It's More Interesting To See Magic Happening In A World That Feels Grounded. If The World Is Already Crazy, Then Anything Can Happen. So It's Better To Start With Something Real.