Brad Bird Interview – RATATOUILLE
6/25/2007
Posted by Frosty

Like with Toys.
Yeah, But that’s a good idea and people keep having new things to do with that idea that we’re excited about. Everyone’s excited about Toy Story 3 but we don’t make them to make money you know. Walt Disney had a quote that he said “I don’t make films to make money; I make money to make films.” That’s the kind of idea at Pixar and certainly I’m not against sequels. Several of my favorite movies, Goldfinger, The Empire Strikes Back, Godfather 2, Road Warrior, Toy Story 2 are great sequels but I think often times the impituous for making a sequel is making money and not because you have something you really want to see on screen.
But your next film is a live action movie though right?
Yes.
You confirmed that in San Francisco.
Yes.
Is it the 1906?
That is..yeah. That’s the title of it. I’m not ready to discuss it yet but I’m really happy I can stay at Pixar and still pursue this idea so.
Will you use any of your Pixar collaborators?
Yeah. There’s some friends who are coming along for the ride. But I’m not saying any more than that. We’re not ready to announce it but I’m excited about it.
I wanted to know your opinion on Wall-E and the first 3rd being just robot sounds and silent dialogue.
I’ve seen that first 3rd and I think it’s amazing, so I’m really excited about Wall-E and I’m also exited that it’s a very different film than Ratatouille which is very different than The Incredibles and the one after Wall-E, UP is very different from Wall-E and so I think they are all unique films. They’re all going to have their own roads to getting realized. Maybe they will be easier or more difficult than others but they’re all films that everybody is really excited to see, so I am to.
Are there any plans for a Nemo 2?

I don’t think Andrew has another story he wants to tell, but if somebody else maybe came up with an idea maybe, but again it can’t be money. They’re too hard to make. You can go “and my goal is to make money” and what a boring goal. I mean there are easier ways to make money. Invest in the stock market or something.
Just quickly, were you scared of rats before you did start this?
I wouldn’t say I was scared. I certainly wasn’t going to go down into the sewer and engage one of them. But seeing the little cute lab ones that we had in cages…
Did you hold him?
I did and they’re kind of sweet and they lead with their nose which is kind of cute.
Is there a hidden Buzz Lightyear or anything in this?
There’s hidden stuff. We got some A1-13’s. We got the Pizza Planet truck but I’m not going to tell you where they are. You gotta look.
Thank you very much.

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