You Cannot Base A Whole Movie On

Humor Is The Easiest To Achieve; The 'heart' Is Always The Toughest, Because You Can't Tell People To Feel A Certain Way.

This Is What I Always Tell My Filmmakers-you Have To Do Tons Of Research, Because You Don't Know Where The Inspiration Is Going Come From.

If You're Sitting In Your Minivan, Playing Your Computer Animated Films For Your Children In The Back Seat, Is It The Animation That's Entertaining You As You Drive And Listen? No, It's The Storytelling. That's Why We Put So Much Importance On Story. No Amount Of Great Animation Will Save A Bad Story.

I Quickly Realized That This Medium Had A Lot To Offer Someone Like Me. To Do Disney-quality Hand-drawn Cartoons, You Have To Be A Master Of Two Art Forms. Seriously, You Have To Be Able To Draw Like A Leonardo Da Vinci Or A Michelangelo. But Also You Have To Know Movement And Timing And Control That Through 24 Frames A Second.

Soon I Learned That The Worse The Puns And Jokes, The Funnier They Could Be, If You Knew How To Deliver Them.