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Doing a kid's movie is fun when you have kids. You don't want to do kids' movies if you don't have kids. When you have kids, things change in your life.

I love the idea of making movies that kids and adults can go to together and both get something out of it, and not just, 'Oh, I've got to take my kid to the movie because they want to see the next, you know, 'Hannah Montana' movie or whatever.'

The hard thing is getting people to come to the theater to see something, no matter if it's good or not.

Hollywood has an obligation to watch what they put out there. Kids do imitate what they see - good or bad.

I feel bad about a lot of the movies I see that teach kids that if they do bad, they'll win.

A lot of movies treat kids like idiots.

Every time I work on a scene or I work on the overall movie, I had my kids unconsciously in mind. Is that going to please them? Is it going to be funny for them? And if it is funny for them, is it going to be funny for their friends and their friends' friends?

Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please.'

A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.

Whenever I hear someone describe something as a 'kids movie' or a 'family movie,' it immediately has a negative connotation in my mind because I think, 'Well, as an adult, I wouldn't go see it by myself, because it's purely for children and it holds nothing for me and it's simplistic and it's kind of easy.'