Brad Bird Quotes

I love making movies.

I love the art of filmmaking very much in all aspects.

Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think that there's any real mystery there.

When I was about 10 or 11, I realised that people made movies; until then, I had thought they just happened.

I like making movies.

It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.

I try to do as much as I can, every facet of filmmaking.

I grew up on film sets but more around the process of making films. I saw a lot of the editing process and the writing process, which takes years. That really affected me growing up, that side of it.

Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.

I'm trying to make as many films as I can.

I like acting, but I like filmmaking better. I went to film school. I want to make films.

I produced and starred in 'Wake the Riderless Horse,' a short film that my buddy wrote and directed.

I've been doing a bit of screenwriting and producing, and even a bit of directing.

I think my passion for cinema really started when I was on the set of 'Mud' and my third film 'Joe.' That's when I really started to fall in love with the art of filmmaking.

I love having made a movie.

There is so much that I love about all aspects of making a film or a TV show.

I just love the process of filmmaking.

With me, I probably work a lot more than people assume I do, but people don't realize how much work goes into writing and producing and making a movie.

It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies.

The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.

Very often, things that people may think come from the writer, very often don't. There's a lot of cooks in the kitchen when it comes to making a movie. When you hear a line of dialogue that sounds kind of tinny, it's pretty easy to cite the screenwriter. But there's a lot of stuff that goes into making a movie.

I love to produce, and I've directed two short films.

I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.

I'm interested in making films of all sizes. During this time I've made a film called 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas', which is a modest-sized film. I was involved in 'I Am Legend' and 'Yes, Man', but 'Potter' is unique. There'll never be anything like 'Potter' again.

'E.T.' was the movie that made me want to make movies in the first place, and it was the first movie that made me focus on writing instead of what happens in the movie.