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I get asked a lot if I'd want to get into live-action movies, and the answer, honestly, is 'no.' I'm an illustrator, and I think animation is an extension of that way of expressing myself. That's not to say I'd never make a live-action movie, but I don't strive for it.

Animation is the only thing I ever wanted to do in my whole life. I have no desire for live-action or anything else.

I am myself for a living. I don't animate a character.

I feel I'm just meant to do stop-motion. Live-action is much more glamorous to some, but it's basically a whole army of people focused on one thing.

I prefer that animation reach into places where live action doesn't go, and it seems like all of animation nowadays is trying to go where live action is.

Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one.

Doing an animation is nothing like anything you could ever experience. You get to be a kid again and just play dress up in a movie studio.

In live action, sometimes a mood or a feeling can go on for quite a while. Animation is a lot more effort. There are a lot more notes.

Animation is a great way to work. No early morning call times, no make-up chair. In live action, you're always fighting the clock; the sun is always going down too soon.

You can be moved by an animated film and not by a live action film. There could be great inspiration in and humanity in that animated story.