Nick Park Wallace Quotations

When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear American voices on them, and we held out.

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.

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 will make something from cardboard boxes, yoghurt pots, tape and elastic bands. Often, those constructions are the best.

I do see family resemblances, I think that happens automatically, ... But sometimes I wonder if they're two sides of myself, really. Gromit is the kind one who's quiet and likes order and is very cautious about everything, and Wallace is the one who just wants to get up and do things without thinking.