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Christopher Miller
American
Director
Born:
Sep 23
,
1975
About
Comedy
Just
Make
People
You
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Spike Lee
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Low expectations is the key to happiness in life.
Christopher Miller
Happiness
Life
Key
Low Expectations
Expectations
Low
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
You
Build
Whatever
Airplane
Tell
Bucket
Ship
Pirate
Any
Lego
Story
Dragon
Imagine
What's interesting about Lego is it's constantly reminding you that it's a facsimile of something else.
Christopher Miller
You
Else
Constantly
About
Something
Something Else
Reminding
Lego
Interesting
'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
People
Better
Nervous
Possibly
Would
Could
Because
Discount
Were
Very
Than
Did
Lego
Movie
Imagined
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
Love
Made
Films
Superhero
Like
Make
Sure
Getting
Want
Movies
Wars
Star
Star Wars
Wide
Sequels are hard.
Christopher Miller
Hard
Sequels
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
You
Comedy
Style
Action
Live
Awesome
Type
Broader
Animation
Because
Get
Really
Live Action
Bold
Away
TV shows are built on relationships, and it seemed kind of odd to make a show without any relationships in it.
Christopher Miller
Relationships
Kind
TV
TV Shows
Seemed
Make
Without
Built
Odd
Any
Show
Shows
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
Anxiety
Down
Think
Too
Corner
Constant
Lazy
Feel
Like
Around
Always
Hammer
Getting
Going
Us
Keeps
Right
Level
You need to come up with a reason to make a movie, separate from the commercial side.
Christopher Miller
You
Side
Come
Make
Up
Commercial
Movie
Separate
Reason
Need
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
Crazy
You
Will
Everybody
Everyone
Table
Some
About
Seem
Something
Put
Ideas
Make
Bunch
May
Different
Them
Different Ideas
Really
Bricks
Cool
We just try to find stories that are interesting to us.
Christopher Miller
Try
Find
Just
Stories
Interesting
Us
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
Sometimes
Other
About
Something
More
Delightful
Over-The-Top
Empty
Times
Getting
Just
Bigger
Fun
Things
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
Best
Kid
Solo
Characters
About
He
Got
Were
Just
Just One
Created
Fights
Who
Ever
Play
Playground
'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
Family
People
Think
Thinking
Park
Animated
True
Always
Occupying
South
South Park
Movie
Place
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
Low Expectations
Everything
Has-Been
Idea
Like
Terrible
Doing
Sounds
Been
Jump
Expectations
Done
Lego
Movie
Cloudy
Low
Riding
Ever
Street
Chance
It's hard to make a movie that is both funny and emotional, that has something to say and is clear to the audience.
Christopher Miller
Funny
Say
Something
Both
Emotional
Clear
Make
Audience
Movie
Hard
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
You
Comedy
Dramas
Bit
See
Like
Soprano
Quite
Little
Little Bit
Much
Harder
Tony
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
Learning
Our
Had
Share
Failures
Were
Very
Bunch
Sitcoms
Which
Worked
Certainly
Helpful
Early
Movies are not about a person; they're about a relationship. All of them are about a relationship.
Christopher Miller
Relationship
About
Person
Movies
Them
There's some central relationship in every movie, and that's what stories are.
Christopher Miller
Relationship
Every
Some
Movie
Stories
Central
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