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" I really wish I could play the piano really well without having to practice. "
Christopher Miller
Wish
Piano
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" '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. "
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" It's hard to make a movie that is both funny and emotional, that has something to say and is clear to the audience. "
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" That was the political reality of 1987: Saxophones made you cool. That's real! That really happened in our society! "
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" 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. "
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" Charlie Day is a delight of a human being. "
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" TV shows are built on relationships, and it seemed kind of odd to make a show without any relationships in it. "
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" Low expectations is the key to happiness in life. "
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Expectations
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Lego
You
Story
" My son is the voice of 'The Lego Movie''s Duplo alien. "
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Alien
Son
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" It would be nice at some point to do something that people expect to be good. Although then with high expectations come a lot more pressure. "
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Good
People
Expectations
" Animation is just another way of telling a story. "
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Animation
Just
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" 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. "
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Comedy
You
Live
" We just try to find stories that are interesting to us. "
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Stories
Us
Try
" 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. "
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Kid
Got
Play
" 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. "
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Star
Superhero
Want
" 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. "
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You
Everyone
Crazy
" The medium is less important than the story we're trying to tell and the funniest way to tell it. "
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Story
" 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. "
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Street
Expectations
Doing
" You need to come up with a reason to make a movie, separate from the commercial side. "
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Reason
Come
Up