Phil Lord Quotes

Phil Lord

Profession : Producer

Birth : July 12, 1975

It's easy to forget that when you take out all the shark stuff, 'Jaws' is a really beautiful human drama.

Phil Lord

I'm a big 'Omega Man' fan because of how insane he seems, just driving around in that car really fast. It has, like, a very strange tone to it.

Phil Lord

We like the challenge of a story around the most generic, forgettable man in the universe.

Phil Lord

Batman is the ultimate in white people problems. It's like, 'Oh, I'm so rich and handsome, and women like me, and... something about my parents!'

Phil Lord

The hardest thing to do with an animated movie is to not make it feel synthetic: to feel like it's handmade, where you can sense the human hand in it.

Phil Lord

That's the beauty of the animation process: It takes so long, you have so many chances to improve it.

Phil Lord

I don't want to fail by being conservative; I want to fail by doing something no one has ever done.

Phil Lord

Having to top yourself is a good problem to have.

Phil Lord

'Zorn' goes to some pretty ridiculous places, but the real comedy is coming from these little observations about life that are not as outlandish as some of the bigger moves in the story. This is a guy who has magical relics and fights weird monsters and is also dealing with very basic work and family things.

Phil Lord

I wish we were smart enough that, every time we had an idea for a script, that it was great right off the bat.

Phil Lord

You need pencil miles to be a great artist, animator, or filmmaker, and the sooner you start making mistakes, the quicker you learn.

Phil Lord

You can't play not to lose. You kind of have to put your ego aside and accept the fact that careers are long, and there's gonna be stuff people like and stuff that people don't like, and you try to get better every time, and always put something out that you're proud of. And let the chips fall where they may.

Phil Lord

One of the things that has proven true in our career is that even if you take something that's as straightforward and classic as a father-son story, you can express it in a way that's totally unique to you.

Phil Lord

You need to make things and not be so precious about whether they're any good or not. Because I have a secret for you: they're not good. They're flawed, and you need to find out what the flaws are as fast as possible.

Phil Lord