A Prototype Is Always More Expensive Than

If Somebody Asks Me About The Themes Of Something I'm Working On, I Never Have Any Idea What The Themes Are. . . . Somebody Tells Me The Themes Later. I Sort Of Try To Avoid Developing Themes. I Want To Just Keep It A Little Bit More Abstract. But Then, What Ends Up Happening Is, They Say, 'well, I See A Lot Here That You Did Before, And It's Connected To This Other Movie You Did,' And . . . That Almost Seems Like Something I Don't Quite Choose. It Chooses Me.

On Fantastic Mr. Fox, I Got Used To Working With Animated Storyboards As A Way Of Planning For The Shoot. We Did A Lot Of Sequences That Way With This Movie. Partly As A Result Of That, I Decided To Build More Sets In Order To Do Certain Shots.

When I See The First Dailies On Any Movie, I Usually Feel That I Had No Idea How This Combination Of Ingredients Was Going To Mix Together, What It Was Going To Produce.

I Just Now Put [robert Altman] Down Feeling Heartbroken But Happily And Deeply Inspired. . . . Wonderful.

A Prototype Is Always More Expensive Than Anything.