After the sculpture was announced in June, Park said: "It is such a great honour for me, as a proud Prestonian, to see my characters Wallace and Gromit cast in bronze and given pride of place in my hometown."
Owathola amahlandla amane ku-Oscar uPark uthe: "Kuyinhlonipho enkulu kimina, njenge-Prestonia eqhoshayo, ukubona abalingiswa bami uWallace noGromit befakwa ngobhedu futhi behlonishwa edolobheni langakithi.