Words matter. These are the best Christopher Miller Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Animation is awesome because there’s a really bold type of comedy you can get away with that you couldn’t get away with in live action: a broader, campier style.
We just try to find stories that are interesting to us.
I always feel like the hammer’s going down right around the corner, and I think that level of constant anxiety is what keeps us from getting too lazy.
There’s some central relationship in every movie, and that’s what stories are.
It’s hard to make a movie that is both funny and emotional, that has something to say and is clear to the audience.
Charlie Day is a delight of a human being.
I really wish I could play the piano really well without having to practice.
What’s really cool about LEGOs is that you can put a bunch of bricks on the table, and everybody will make something different. Everyone has different ideas, and some of them may seem crazy.
‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ was really well done.
Low expectations is the key to happiness in life.
You need to come up with a reason to make a movie, separate from the commercial side.
With a bucket of Lego, you can tell any story. You can build an airplane or a dragon or a pirate ship – it’s whatever you can imagine.
I like superhero films, and I love Star Wars movies, but I want to make sure there’s a wide diaspora of films getting made.
All of everything we’ve ever done has been riding on low expectations. ‘Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,’ a terrible idea. Doing ’21 Jump Street’ as a movie is a terrible idea. ‘The Lego Movie’ sounds like a terrible idea.
TV shows are built on relationships, and it seemed kind of odd to make a show without any relationships in it.
I’d much rather have our brand be doing weird stuff than doing normal stuff.
When I was a kid on the playground, fights were about who got to play Han Solo. He’s just one of the best characters ever created.
It would be nice at some point to do something that people expect to be good. Although then with high expectations come a lot more pressure.
Sequels are hard.
There’s something that’s delightful about things getting bigger and more over-the-top. Sometimes it’s empty, and other times, it’s just fun.
‘The Lego Movie’ did better than we could possibly have imagined. We were very nervous that people would discount it because it is called ‘The Lego Movie.’
What’s interesting about Lego is it’s constantly reminding you that it’s a facsimile of something else.
