Brad Bird Quotes

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• Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one.
• If you look at a lot of animated movies, they don't pay attention to how things move through space.
• I think if you have a really big, heavy person, there's a feeling of an invisible puppeteer jerking them around in space. They don't feel…
• I got my heroes secondhand, from television and movies, to a certain extent.
• You have to be emotionally attached to what you are doing.
• And it's not only films, I'm pretty unaware of anything that's going on in popular culture right now.
• But I don't just see the movie when I see the movie, I see all the great people who worked on it and all their…
• I had about the biggest, longest wish list anyone could have, and 99 percent of what I wanted to get on the screen we got…
• 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 immediately…
• I think it's the most extraordinary studio around. I would love to do my next project with Pixar.
• I was not a big comic-book reader.
• If there are similarities, it's simply because the same thoughts that occurred to other people also occurred to me. I'd be astonished if anyone could…
• If you move something 10 pounds through space and then stop suddenly, there's a little overshoot. When you transfer weight from one leg to another,…
• My kids love anime, but I don't show them the really graphic stuff
• Look, it's a mainstream animated movie, and how often are those considered thought provoking? It's meant to be a great time at the theater, but…
• Communities need to hear the liberating power of the gospel
• To make something really great and different and interesting means taking risks and following these ideas in your head.
• Well I'm still working on The Incredibles. So I'm going to take a little time off. I've got a couple of tricks up my sleeve.…
• Oh yeah, I'm still employed at Pixar and I love it here.
• Ten-year-old boys move differently than middle-aged women, who move differently than athletic guys, who move differently than government bureaucrats.

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