Until about 1987, the available evidence suggests that he enjoyed the work with the usual reservations about all the hanging around on set. He also naturally took a pride in his successes, especially in winning the roles of Bastian and Daryl. He is on record as saying that he welcomed the chance to travel, and that he particularly enjoyed the couple of weeks it took to shoot Frankenweenie.
There is no direct evidence about his feelings towards the movie industry after 1986-87. More.
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