You want to see their work and you want to see how they put it together. For me to see that in animation is really fresh, it’s really exciting, it’s really original.
The amazing fact that one person can make his own film – I think animation is somewhat unique in that respect. I don’t need to deal with lawyers. I don’t need to deal with corporations. I
I think it’s sad that there is only one audience that the studios are aiming for and that’s the kid audience. It’s really tragic that they don’t’ make films for older people.
Each film I make gets more popular, more press and makes more money. So it’s amazing that I’ve survived and actually prospered doing that sort of homegrown, cottage-industry filmmaking.