Christopher Miller Quotes

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.

- Christopher Miller

Animation is just another way of telling a story.

- Christopher Miller

'South Park' movie was R. There's a place that people are not occupying, thinking that animated has to be family always, and I don't think that's true.

- Christopher Miller

You have antiheroes in dramas, like Tony Soprano. But it's a little bit harder in comedy. You don't see it quite as much.

- Christopher Miller

Charlie Day is a delight of a human being.

- Christopher Miller

If you tried to make a 'Game of Thrones' movie, you'd have to eliminate two-thirds of the characters, and there'd have to be one storyline, but on TV, you can really get to know the characters in a way that there just isn't time to do in a movie.

- Christopher Miller

Just from a psychological standpoint, it's really helpful having films with a joyful message and positivity, so we try to do that with all our movies, really.

- Christopher Miller

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.

- Christopher Miller

'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.'

- Christopher Miller

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.

- Christopher Miller

Low expectations is the key to happiness in life.

- Christopher Miller

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.

- Christopher Miller

I'd much rather have our brand be doing weird stuff than doing normal stuff.

- Christopher Miller

With comedies, often shorter is better. You don't want to outstay your welcome.

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We certainly had our share of failures early on and worked on a bunch of canceled sitcoms, which were very helpful in learning.

- Christopher Miller

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.

- Christopher Miller

TV shows are built on relationships, and it seemed kind of odd to make a show without any relationships in it.

- Christopher Miller

'Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes' was really well done.

- Christopher Miller

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.

- Christopher Miller

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.

- Christopher Miller

The medium is less important than the story we're trying to tell and the funniest way to tell it.

- Christopher Miller

My son is the voice of 'The Lego Movie''s Duplo alien.

- Christopher Miller

What's interesting about Lego is it's constantly reminding you that it's a facsimile of something else.

- Christopher Miller

I really wish I could play the piano really well without having to practice.

- Christopher Miller

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.

- Christopher Miller

Sequels are hard.

- Christopher Miller

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.

- Christopher Miller

There's some central relationship in every movie, and that's what stories are.

- Christopher Miller

You need to come up with a reason to make a movie, separate from the commercial side.

- Christopher Miller