The nice thing about animation is that you can realise your inventions without understanding all the hard theory.

We have to look forward and keep filming new films and not get stuck in the past.

I went back over the sketch books I'd filled at Sheffield for ideas and discovered Wallace and Gromit, except Gromit was a cat then. I made them into Plasticene shapes and started 'A Grand Day Out.' It took me longer than I expected.

I used to get in trouble at school for day-dreaming.

At United, there has been continuity with the manager, with the success they have had. It gives them a different dynamic.

Education is a fundamental principle of what made America a success. We can't afford to throw any young people away.

But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.

The original idea before Mint was a life and goal planning system I called Carpe Viva. The idea was that all of life's goals, from buying a house, getting an MBA, or learning Spanish could be quantified in both time and money.