I Brought In The Stories Many Times.

The Whole Point Of Making A Film Is To Tell A Story. That Seems To Be Forgotten. Many Films Today Just Rely On Special Effects And They Have An Explosion Every Five Minutes. Who Needs It? It's Rather Repetitious.

Many People Are Under The Delusion That I'm Just A Special-effects Man, But I've Worn Many Different Hats In My Day. On Every Film I've Been Involved In, I Worked With The Writer And Producer. We Really Formulated Those Scripts. We Tried To Make Films That Were Logical But Still Had The Fantasy Feel Of It. I Enjoy Aardman Animation's Films With Wallace And Gromit, But They're Obvious Puppet Films, Whereas We Tried To Disguise It And Make Our Effects Characters In The Films Rather Than Obvious Puppets.

I Took Courses At Usc In Film Editing And Art Direction And Photography When I Was Still In High School.

Animation Requires A Great Deal Of Concentration, And I Preferred To Work Alone Because Then I'm Not Deterred By Somebody Asking Me If I Want Coffee, Or The Phone Ringing Or Something.

Medusa Was Fascinating To Work With Because I Gave Her A Snake's Body So That She Could Pull Herself With Her Hands Which Gave Her A Very Creepy Aura. I Didn't Want To Animate Cosmic Gowns. Most Medusas You See In The Classics Have Flowing Robes Which Would Be Mad To Even Try To Animate.