When I was a teenager, my dad watched my films and told me I could go to art college and study animation. He made me see that I could do this for a living. — Nick Park Copy Share Image
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… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
I love doing features, but it's a very different ballgame. Sometimes I yearn for short films again, working with a small team, getting my… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
There is no worse situation to be in than Oscar night. Not knowing whether you've won is completely draining. — Nick Park Copy Share Image
I have to admit to not being the greatest technician, but stop motion animation gives me licence to create machines that wouldn't otherwise be… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
Gromit was the name of a cat. When I started modeling the cat I just didn't feel it was quite right, so I made… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
I always considered Ray Harryhausen's work so fine that it was way out of my league: in terms of realism and naturalism, in terms… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
There is something about the Australian psyche that seems to like films that are slightly offbeat. — Nick Park Copy Share Image
We can do things that we never could before. Stop-motion lets you build tiny little worlds, and computers make that world even more believable. — Nick Park Copy Share Image
Wallace and Gromit's contraptions are created purely for gags, but we all have the urge to invent - especially children. If they're bored, kids… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
I think we all have a Wallace and Gromit inside us. Wallace is the part that has wild plans. Gromit is the sensible side,… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
