I Didn't Think So Much Of Him

The Kids Are The Ones That Have A Clarity About What They Want. They Don't Have Any Wisdom, But They Do Have A Clear Understanding About What They Want To Have Happen.

People Often Call And Say: "can You Help Me To Get Bill Murray In Our Movie." But I'm Always Like, "well I Don't Know How To Do That!" I've Sometimes Tried And Not Been Able To Get Him But Then I'll Suddenly Be Very Surprised By The Thing That He Will Suddenly Decide To Do.

I've Always Loved Stop Motion Animation And I Particularly Wanted To Do Stop Motion With Puppets That Have Fur, For Whatever Reason That Is.

I Love Working With Actors. That's What The Set Really Is, For Me. It's My Time With The Actors.

People Seem To Think That My Movies Are So Carefully Coordinated And Arranged - And In A Lot Of Ways, They Are - But Every Single Time I Make A Movie, I Feel That Every Director Makes These Choices. You Make Choices About Your Script, You Make Choices About Your Actors, And How You're Going To Stage It, And How You're Going To Shoot It, And What The Costumes Are Going To Be Like, And In Every Single Detail, You Make That Decision. And For Me, What Ends Up Happening Is, I Wind Up Surprised At The Combination Of All These Ingredients. It Never Is Anything Like What I Expected.