I feel like animation's stagnant. There's not much that's trying to push the artform, and so, for me, I'm way too critical about it.

Storytelling has changed. Shows like 'Adventure Time' have taken storytelling in a different direction.

I had done it all in my career. I always felt, as a kid, that that's what a director needed to be. Hitchcock could do anything in my mind. He's the director. That person has to be the best actor, the best designer, the best cinematographer. Then I came to realize that isn't the case. You just need to surround yourself with the best.

I was really fortunate in my career where I always had executives who were very like-minded.