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I think the CG is an instrument to create reality. I don't think it's an instrument to create a heightened reality.

If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.

I think the more realistic you try to make the graphics and the experience, the more you limit yourself to a single vision.

Even today, a lot of the CGI you see in movies is so clean and crisp that it just looks fake. It's weird: the more advanced they get, the faker it looks.

I've kind of come to the conclusion that what passes for realism in movies has nothing to do with reality and that my stuff is more realistic than that.

You look at CG sometimes and its terrible. You look at CG sometimes and its great.

The quality of CGI, audiences are now so used to it. They don't know what is CGI and what is real.

It's always fun when you're doing the CGI stuff, to actually get to work with someone who is real, who's there.

I think there is a certain charm to the hand drawn image that I like. My problem with CGI is that it's so rich in texture that my eyes actually get tired. Everything is in focus down to the littlest leaf.

Get the shading right, the lighting right, and there are things you can do to make the CGI look more real. People end up going crazy and give themselves a little too much freedom in how they use CGI, and if you overuse it, it draws attention to itself.