When the Zippy movie first started being talked about very rarely would people actually say animation to me, because I would never consider it.

The phrase is supposed to be satirical, but lots of people don't see the subtext.

Comics is a language. It's a language most people understand intuitively.

In the animation world, people who understand pencils and paper usually aren't computer people, and the computer people usually aren't the artistic people, so they always stand on opposite sides of the line.

What people like about stop-motion animation is that it's real. It's like a magic trick, taking real things, real sets, and making them come to life with movement.

This (animation) is a business that is people and skill-led,