Hopefully, I Brought People A Certain Joy.

There Is No Greater Thrill Than To Sing With A Beautiful Orchestra.

I Feel An Enormous Responsibility To Bridge The Gap Between England And America, And Be A Sort Of Very Quiet Ambassador For My Country To Try To Sort Of Do A "hands Across The Water" Thing Where They Understand England And English People Understand Americans. I Adore America.

You Know, Making An Animated Movie Is Such A Lonesome Thing. You Mostly Don't See Your Fellow Actors Or Anything. You Go Into Your Booth, You Record All Your Dialogue. It's Very Much An Issue Of Trust. You Leave It All Up To The Director.

Richard Burton Rang Me Up Once And Said, Do You Know You're My Only Leading Lady I've Never Slept With? I Said, Well, Please Don't Tell Everybody, It's The Worst Image.

Because I Come From The Theater, I Use The Images Of The Theater And Of Movies A Great Deal When I Write. I See The Story In My Head. I Have To Break Down The Outline Of A Story First. I Have To Know Where I'm Going. Usually I Have A Good Beginning And A Good Ending, And Then I Think, "now I Have To Find My Way Through It."