First of all, I'm very close to my kids. I wanted to find something in the entertainment community that would be fun to do. And I can't think of anything more fun than spending time trying to create something for children. It's a job where you can have fun, be passionate about it, and also make good money. Boy, it certainly doesn't.
Nothing can be more real than that.
What I find very interesting about good children's shows are how they confront us with the contradictions of human nature. If I have found an explanation for it, I would be fabulously wealthy. Yes, I think about it every day. On the one hand, you think that it's madness, that the people doing those kinds of things are insane. When you have the ability to remember what it's like to be a kid, that can help you break the emotions from your dark side.