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Brad Bird is an American cartoonist, animator, and director known for his work on acclaimed animated films. He directed "The Incredibles" and "Ratatouille," both of which received critical acclaim and numerous awards. Bird's innovative approach to animation and storytelling has made a significant impact on the industry, earning him recognition for his ability to create engaging and imaginative films. His work continues to influence animation and filmmaking.
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"But I don't just see the movie when I see the movie, I see all the great people who worked on it and all their hard work, because they could not have worked any harder."

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"Look, it's a mainstream animated movie, and how often are those considered thought provoking? It's meant to be a great time at the theater, but it's also designed to work on more than one level."

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"Oh yeah, I'm still employed at Pixar and I love it here."

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"Every time I started going in the direction of thinking how it might turn out, I started to just turn my brain around and not go there, because I think the surest way to guarantee that you won't win is to assume that you will."

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"I think it's the most extraordinary studio around. I would love to do my next project with Pixar."

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"I have three kids and a wife, and any moments that aren't dedicated to working on this film in some way, or family, are immediately reserved for sleep."

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"I got my heroes secondhand, from television and movies, to a certain extent."

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"If there are similarities, it's simply because the same thoughts that occurred to other people also occurred to me. I'd be astonished if anyone could come up with any truly original powers that were at all interesting any more."

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"Well what's funny is, again, people say they believed what was going on, but again, Bob's hands are about three times bigger than his feet. So these are very caricatured."

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"Without naming names, I think other movies look more realistic but they feel less real."

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"And it's not only films, I'm pretty unaware of anything that's going on in popular culture right now."

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"My kids love anime, but I don't show them the really graphic stuff."

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"Well I'm still working on The Incredibles. So I'm going to take a little time off. I've got a couple of tricks up my sleeve. I'm not ready to talk about them yet, but expect the unexpected."

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"I think if you have a really big, heavy person, there's a feeling of an invisible puppeteer jerking them around in space. They don't feel like they are moving themselves."

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"If you move something 10 pounds through space and then stop suddenly, there's a little overshoot. When you transfer weight from one leg to another, there's a certain way that it happens."

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"That's not the part of the story that I'm interested in, anyway. The part that I'm interested in is all the personal stuff. I tried to base the powers on family archetypes."

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"Look, I think if you talk down to a kid or aim specifically at a kid, most kids aren't gonna like it, really, because most kids can feel when you are being patronizing."

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"Ten-year-old boys move differently than middle-aged women, who move differently than athletic guys, who move differently than government bureaucrats."

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"If you look at a lot of animated movies, they don't pay attention to how things move through space."

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"We make films that we ourselves would want to see and then hope that other people would want to see it. If you try to analyze audiences or think there's some sophisticated recipe for success, then I think you are doomed. You're making it too complicated."

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"Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one."

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