I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.

Watching John Lasseter's films, I think I can understand better than anyone that what he's doing, is going straight ahead with his vision and working really hard to get that vision into film form. And I feel that my understanding this of him is my friendship towards him.

Watching John Lasseter's films, I think I can understand better than anyone that what he's doing, is going straight ahead with his vision and working really hard to get that vision into film form. And I feel that my understanding this of him is my friendship towards him.

We get strength and encouragement from watching children.

I don't intentionally make deep movies.

I wish I was better at art. I love some of the great artists of the 19th century and, compared to them, I just feel I lack this technique that they had. They have so much skill.

Sometimes I test myself saying, 'If I get a death sentence if I don't make this movie, would I still make this movie?'