Brad Bird Quotes

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

I love making movies.

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 don't make movies because I love to act. I make movies because I like to make movies, and I like to be a part of that process.

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

When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.

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

I love having made a movie.

You can't just express yourself and it becomes a movie. You have to get beyond that.

I just love the process of filmmaking.

To make a film is easy; to make a good film is war. To make a very good film is a miracle.

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.

I never made a good movie.

The time it would take me to write a screenplay it would take me the time to make two films. I would rather make the movies, and I'm a better moviemaker than I would be writer.

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

I don't think people understand what it takes to make a movie unless they've experienced it themselves or been around it. It's a miracle every time you make a movie, and a bigger miracle if it turns out well.

You want to enjoy making a movie - it's a wonderful, collaborative thing.

I like making movies.

It's such a drag to make a movie.

I went to film school and wanted to learn everything there was about making movies.

I like and I love everything that has to do with cinema: writing, directing, editing, creating music, and even acting.

I'm a big fan of movies, but I'm a bigger fan of filmmaking itself. I fell in love with it when I was very young, and I have always loved to learn the craft, every aspect of it.

I love making movies and hope to write my own screenplay someday and do some producing and be behind-the-scenes as well.

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.