The folks over at ComingSoon have published a very informative interview with Ratatouille director Brad Bird. Here’s a sample question:

ComingSoon.net: You weren’t involved with this project from the beginning. When did you come on board?

Brad Bird: It started with Jan Pinkava who won the Oscar for a short called “Geri’s Game” and he was working on it when I first came up to Pixar in 2000 to do “The Incredibles” and was developing it through the whole time I was making “The Incredibles.” As part of Pixar’s sort of story group, we look at each other’s work during the times that films are being developed to give each other fresh eyes. So I was aware of the film and participated in the development of the film from that sort of perspective the whole time it was being made. But, a little over a year and a half ago, everyone loved the film, they loved the idea of the film, they loved the world and the collection of character types. But, the story was not coming together the way they wanted it to.

To read the full interview, which I highly recommend, head on over to ComingSoon.