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title: "1 Terrible Idea Quotes By Christopher Miller"
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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-miller/all-of-everything-we-ve-ever-done-has-been-riding-on-low-expectations/)

[Christopher Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-miller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/251/christopher-miller-17494_chance_all-of-everything-we-ve-ever-done-has-be_1174222.jpg)

## More by Christopher Miller

> [I really wish I could play the piano really well without having to practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-miller/i-really-wish-i-could-play-the-piano-really-well-without-having-to/)

[Christopher Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-miller/)

> ['Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes' was really well done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-miller/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-was-really-well-done/)

[Christopher Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-miller/)

> [With comedies, often shorter is better. You don't want to outstay your welcome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-miller/with-comedies-often-shorter-is-better-you-don-t-want-to-outstay-your/)

[Christopher Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-miller/)

> [You need to come up with a reason to make a movie, separate from the commercial side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-miller/you-need-to-come-up-with-a-reason-to-make-a-movie-separate-from-the/)

[Christopher Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-miller/)

> [It's hard to make a movie that is both funny and emotional, that has something to say and is clear to the audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-miller/it-s-hard-to-make-a-movie-that-is-both-funny-and-emotional-that-has/)

[Christopher Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-miller/)

> [What's interesting about Lego is it's constantly reminding you that it's a facsimile of something else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-miller/what-s-interesting-about-lego-is-it-s-constantly-reminding-you-that/)

[Christopher Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-miller/)

> [“No thoughts had I of anything, Or at least that's what I thought; I even thought I couldn't think, But now I think I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-miller/no-thoughts-had-i-of-anything-or-at-least-that-s-what-i-thought-i/)

[Christopher Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-miller/)

> [With a bucket of Lego, you can tell any story. You can build an airplane or a dragon or a pirate ship - it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-miller/with-a-bucket-of-lego-you-can-tell-any-story-you-can-build-an/)

[Christopher Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-miller/)

> [There's some central relationship in every movie, and that's what stories are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-miller/there-s-some-central-relationship-in-every-movie-and-that-s-what/)

[Christopher Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-miller/)

> [Animation is just another way of telling a story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-miller/animation-is-just-another-way-of-telling-a-story/)

[Christopher Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-miller/all-of-everything-we-ve-ever-done-has-been-riding-on-low-expectations/)

[Christopher Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-miller/)

> [That was the political reality of 1987: Saxophones made you cool. That's real! That really happened in our society!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-miller/that-was-the-political-reality-of-1987-saxophones-made-you-cool-that/)

[Christopher Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-miller/)

> [Charlie Day is a delight of a human being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-miller/charlie-day-is-a-delight-of-a-human-being/)

[Christopher Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-miller/)

> [“I was most pleasantly surprised, with this chart, to see a Yod pointing at the Moon. After all, what other planet influences changeable behaviour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-miller/i-was-most-pleasantly-surprised-with-this-chart-to-see-a-yod-pointing/)

[Christopher Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-miller/)

> [Sequels are hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-miller/sequels-are-hard/)

[Christopher Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-miller/)

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