Sometimes, comedy feels like the kid brother of drama, trying to get attention by being the class jokester. But it’s actually really hard to tell a story while also making people laugh. It’s like trying to do two jobs at once. Christopher Miller Read Quote
That was the political reality of 1987: Saxophones made you cool. That’s real! That really happened in our society! Christopher Miller Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote