“At the time that George Lucas made the first 'Star Wars,' space was al...” — Brad Bird Quote

“At the time that George Lucas made the first 'Star Wars,' space was always presented as pristine. And he wanted to show that they may be fabulous vehicles, but they've been driven some miles. And, without anyone thinking about it or thinking that was going to help make it a pop hit, everybody believed in that world, because it looked inhabited.”

“Every movie, I find myself adrift at the beginning of the movie, and then I find my way through the dark forest.”

“There are a million logical reasons to not make a film, and I think if you get focused on all the critics or money or any of that other stuff, it never leads anywhere good.”

“I always believed life is simple and you have to take it as it comes.”

“I've always believed in myself.”

“We are constantly trying to cope with what our fathers or our grandfathers did. I wrote the book 'Great War of Civilization,' and my father was a solider in the First World War which produced the current Middle East - not that he had much to do with that - but he fought in what he believed was the Great War for Civilization.”