Animators Have To Live Life 24 Times

To Me, Watching A Movie Is Like Going To An Amusement Park. My Worst Fear Is Making A Film That People Don't Think Is A Good Ride.

I'd Like To Do A Lot Of Different Stuff. I Think It's Important As A Creative Person To Keep Challenging Yourself And Keep Doing New Stuff. If You End Up Trying To Repeat Yourself It's Death. It Just Becomes Boring And Takes The Passion Out Of It. You Gotta Find Stories And Characters That You Really Want To Hang Out With.

Noah Was This Sort Of Patron Saint In My Life. When I Finished Pi And I Started To Think About What Was Next, I Was Like, "wow, It's Interesting That No One Has Done A Film Of One Of The Greatest Stories Ever Told." Even If You're Not A Jew, A Muslim, Or A Christian, You Likely Have A Flood Story In Your Culture.

I Grew Up In A Family With Two Very Strong Women, My Mother And My Older Sister, And They Were Big Influences On My Life. I've Spent A Life Loving Women, And Studying Them As Much As I Can, Or Am Allowed To.

Right After I Did 'the Fountain,' I Wanted To Go Make A Documentary Or Something That Was Less Constructed - More Natural. I Was Searching For A Project, And Sniffing Around, 'the Wrestler' Fit Right In