You can't play not to lose. You kind of have to put your ego aside and accept the fact that careers are long, and there's gonna be stuff people like and stuff that people don't like, and you try to… — Phil Lord Copy Share Image
I wish we had fewer bad words in 'Jump Street.' That would probably be better. — Phil Lord Copy Share Image
I think we're going to be very embarrassed in a few years when we see a lot more women film-makers. People will look back… — Phil Lord Copy Share Image
The great ideas start flowing when you stop thinking about the obvious way of doing it. — Phil Lord Copy Share Image
Seriously, if 'Superbad' doesn't happen, I don't think 'Jump Street' ever happens. — Phil Lord Copy Share Image
We like the challenge of a story around the most generic, forgettable man in the universe. — Phil Lord Copy Share Image
You need to make things and not be so precious about whether they're any good or not. Because I have a secret for you:… — Phil Lord Copy Share Image
I was short until my senior year. It's just, like, your social status is so dependent on how quickly you hit puberty, basically. — Phil Lord Copy Share Image
That might be my epitaph: 'It wasn't as bad as I thought. Here lies Phil Lord.' — Phil Lord Copy Share Image
In animation, you do so much planning ahead of time; it has to be so precise. — Phil Lord Copy Share Image
Batman is the ultimate in white people problems. It's like, 'Oh, I'm so rich and handsome, and women like me, and... something about my… — Phil Lord Copy Share Image
