“I don’t need a medal to tell me I’m a good guy.”

“Believe in your character. Animate (or write) with sincerity.”

“Having a purpose is one thing, but the quickening is a total animation of passion.”

“Dont let the daily routine kill your creativity. Remember who you were before you got that job.”

“The dangerous temptation of wildlife films is that they can lull us into thinking we can get by without the original models -- that we might not need animals in the flesh.”

“Women think in [Douglas] Sirks films. Something which has never struck me with other directors. None of them. Usually women are always reacting, doing what women are supposed to do, but in Sirk the...”

“The cinema is truth 24 frames-per-second”