What I do feel is that 'Up in the Air' is the most indicative film of 2009. It is the portrait of 2009. — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
With each one of my films, I'm exploring one of my own issues and I try to expose myself a little in… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
It’s funny, I can sit through the worst horror film ever made! But even a quite good romantic comedy. — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
Each one of my films is personal; each one of my films is emotionally autobiographical. And I like directors who do that. — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
I always believed that you can make challenging films, but they should be fiscally responsible. — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
I don't want to make films that give you the answer. If there is a message to my films - and I… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don't think of it as just… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
Really, it's the director's job to disappear and allow the movie to just feel. — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
Filmmaking is a completely imperfect art form that takes years and, over those years, the movie tells you what it is. Mistakes… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
I hear the way people talk about the children of famous people. They're not treated very well. The presumptions are usually quite… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
Unlike with any other art form, filmmakers have this unique web of festivals. There are hundreds. It is a democratic system in… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
Everything I've wanted to turn into a film becomes something new and different when it becomes a movie... Each time I work… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
When you make a movie, you do it so piecemeal. You're doing it, not only scene by scene, out of order, but… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
I don't believe in director's cuts where you make things longer. The coolest thing was when the Coen brothers did a director's… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
And as a director, you make 1,000 decisions a day, mostly binary decisions: yes or no, this one or that one, the… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
I think it's a mistake for young filmmakers to just buy digital equipment and shoot a feature. Make short films first, make… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
I'm trying to figure myself out through my movies. Whether it's big stuff like what we're doing here, or little stuff like,… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
I'm really specific in the way that I shoot. I've always had a very good sense of what I need in the… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
Well, Toronto, I consider to be the birthplace of my films. I've made three films and this is the third one to… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
Growing up the son of a director has made me very aware of the various turns that a directing career can take.… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
The first thing I say when people ask what's the difference [between doing TV and film], is that film has an ending… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
There certainly is no secret in that there are plenty of people who don't like plenty of my movies. Each one of… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
I want my movies to be audience experiences. As much as I like Michael Haneke, I'm not going to make a Haneke… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
It's funny, I can sit through the worst horror film ever made but even a quite good romantic comedy can drive me… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
'Election' is a movie I'd give a leg to cross the director's name out and put mine in. — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
When I write a film, all I think about is where the thing ends and how to get the audience there. — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
When you're young, you want to make every kind of film: musicals, Westerns, horror. Slowly you begin to hear your own voice.… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
I'm a believer that people need to understand that filmmaking is not a perfect process for anybody. It is a process in… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
It's easy to get caught up in a moment and think, 'Oh, I've been offered some giant studio film or a superhero… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
I think when you pay attention to the shots, you're aware of the fact that there's a director. Really, it's the director's… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
When I write a film, all I think about is where the thing ends and how to get the audience there. — Jason Reitman Copy Share
I think it's a mistake for young filmmakers to just buy digital equipment and shoot a feature. Make short films first, make your mistakes… — Jason Reitman Copy Share
'Election' is a movie I'd give a leg to cross the director's name out and put mine in. — Jason Reitman Copy Share
It’s funny, I can sit through the worst horror film ever made! But even a quite good romantic comedy. — Jason Reitman Copy Share
Things like Facebook have made you feel as though you're connected to everybody. You've got a thousand friends on Facebook, but you don't actually… — Jason Reitman Copy Share
It's funny, I can sit through the worst horror film ever made but even a quite good romantic comedy can drive me nuts. — Jason Reitman Copy Share
I laugh a lot in horror films. If I'm scared in a horror film, I try to think about what's scaring me... particularly, if… — Jason Reitman Copy Share
I used to have a group called Bad-Movie Saturday. Every Saturday, six of us would go see the worst movie that came out each… — Jason Reitman Copy Share
“[With comedy and wanting to make people laugh,] when you're a child, all you want is ANY kind of laugh. You get them to… — Jason Reitman Copy Share
From the onset of the 'Live-Read' series, we wanted to hit all the major writers and Woody Allen is simply one of the greatest… — Jason Reitman Copy Share
There certainly is no secret in that there are plenty of people who don't like plenty of my movies. Each one of my films… — Jason Reitman Copy Share
Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment. — Jason Reitman Copy Share
Most people see a documentary about the meat industry and then they become a vegetarian for a week. — Jason Reitman Copy Share
![“The first thing I say when people ask what's the difference [between doing TV and film], is that film has an ending and TV doesn't. When I write a film, all I think about is where the thing ends and how to get the audience there. And in television, it can't end. You need the audience to return the…” quote by Jason Reitman](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1e3/jason-reitman-6741_asks_the-first-thing-i-say-when-people-ask-wh_1867056.jpg)
