I'm not going to have a perfect career. It's better to be Billy Wilder and make lots of movies and have five… — 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'm not Michael Moore. I think Michael Moore wants to tell you how to think. He wants to give you answers. I… — 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
There are only so many movies you can direct. And yet there are movies that I want to make sure make it… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
I hate movies that tell people what to think. I'm proud that Democrats thought 'Thank You For Smoking' was their film and… — 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
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 think romance is a tool, comedy is a tool and drama is a tool. I really just want to tell stories… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
As far as writing, I like watching bad movies. Nothing stops me in my tracks more than watching a great film like… — 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
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
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
