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I learned how to do stop-frame animation and I experimented with that a lot, and pretty much that was my mode of animating through high school.

I had been a college teacher. I had taught Greek mythology.

I brought in the stories many times. I don't just do animation.

I was always into cartoons and animation.

I learned a lot about 3D animation from and with my dear friend Michael Hemschoot of Workerstudio. Taught me that I want to play more with animation and image manipulation. Fun stuff!

I had a great movement teacher - he showed me how to walk so I wasn't becoming like a cartoon.

There was a teacher who recognized that I was interested in cartooning and he was great.

Animation is the one type of movie that really does play for the entire audience. Our challenge is to make stories that connect for kids and adults.

I used to teach animation history classes at the University of Texas, and I wrote my master's thesis on cartoons. I just love cartoons.

Whether it's the experiments on 'MythBusters' or my earlier work in special effects for movies, I've regularly had to do things that were never done before, from designing complex motion-control rigs to figuring out how to animate chocolate.