The problem is that every time people have deviated from the Disney playbook in hand-drawn animation, they've done so with staff that… — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
When you assemble animation teams the way you do a live-action film, you're often struggling a bit to get a cohesive team… — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one. — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
When caricaturist, Al Hirschfeld, did a drawing of a celebrity, it often looked more like the person than the person did. That's… — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
I absolutely think that hand-drawn animation is valid and I actually hope to do one in the future with a large budget. — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
Even in hand drawn animation, humans are widely considered to be the most difficult to execute, because everybody has a feeling for… — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
You're buying for the benefit of the cottage experience at a fraction of the price. — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
“In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their… — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
To make something really great and different and interesting means taking risks and following these ideas in your head. — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
Usually, people begin with very clear ideas of good movies, they begin with clear ideas about their characters, and then, as they do sequels,… — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
I have three kids and a wife, and any moments that aren't dedicated to working on this film in some way, or family, are… — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
You hope any film finds its audience and makes enough money that you get to make another one. — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
And it's not only films, I'm pretty unaware of anything that's going on in popular culture right now. — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
I think the industry tends to like to think in the narrow sort of mindset of a businessman, and businessman absolutes, and movies really… — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
There are a million logical reasons to not make a film, and I think if you get focused on all the critics or money… — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
I've storyboarded for things other people have shot. So thinking in shots and orchestrating shots is not foreign to me at all. — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
