Brad Bird — American Cartoonist born on September 11, 1957,

Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor, who began his career as an animator... (wikipedia)

Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one.
Look, I think if you talk down to a kid or aim specifically at a kid, most kids aren't gonna like it, really, because most kids can feel when you are being patronizing.
Well I'm still working on The Incredibles. So I'm going to take a little time off. I've got a couple of tricks up my sleeve. I'm not ready to talk about them yet, but expect the unexpected.
I had about the biggest, longest wish list anyone could have, and 99 percent of what I wanted to get on the screen we got on the screen within our schedule and within our budget and within our resources.
My kids love anime, but I don't show them the really graphic stuff.