To me, using music is creating a shorthand with an audience. And I love music so much. — Jonathan Levine Audience Copy Share Image
On '50/50,' even though it was 8 million dollars, it was all acting-intensive. — Jonathan Levine Acting Copy Share Image
Usually, the kills are almost Wile E. Coyote kind of things in horror movies. — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
I watched 'Return Of The Living Dead.' That one's cool, man. I like that one. — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
In rehearsals, I like to create an honest environment that is kinda free and fun. — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
As I continue to evolve as a filmmaker, I'm going to continue to do different stuff. — Jonathan Levine Change Copy Share Image
For me, the best high school movie is, like, 'Fast Times' and what Cameron Crowe is like. — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
After 'Mandy Lane,' I didn't really know what to do because I didn't know anyone who'd made a feature yet. — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
I love Jamaica so much. I've been there so much, and I think it would be great if we could shoot a… — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
There's so often - in filmmaking, you're backed into something that already has these set parameters, whether it's a sequel or a… — Jonathan Levine Books Copy Share Image
I really don't like when you see improv scenes go on too long. It really bothers me, even if the jokes are… — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
For me, I just value my friendships so much. I mean, I love my family, too, but my friends - I have… — Jonathan Levine Connection Copy Share Image
I think it's cyclical. Zombies have been around for ages, and vampires have run their course; we've had so many vampire movies. — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
As a director, your expectation and reality don't always match up, and I think that that's... I think it's a little jarring. — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
I just think a lot of movies are too long. I want to know how to make my movie as tight as… — Jonathan Levine Film Copy Share Image
I've had a couple of family members deal with cancer, and I remember that moment where they're going into surgery, and you… — Jonathan Levine Cancer Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, the films I gravitate towards do have these strange sort of tonal balances to them... I kind of realized… — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
Genre is a really great shorthand you can have with an audience. In the same way you can use music to create… — Jonathan Levine Audience Copy Share Image
To be a director, you have to think you're the best. Ever since I went to film school, I imagined that you… — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
There are things that I can tell my friends that I just can't tell my family, just as far as how I'm… — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
I kind of viewed '50/ 50' and 'Warm Bodies' both as my next films after 'The Wackness.' In my head, I was… — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
I think I'm always conscious of not letting things fit into a specific box. Being a filmmaker and trying to chart a… — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
'Warm Bodies' was a more long-term thing; I had to write the script, who knew if it was every really going to… — Jonathan Levine Actor Copy Share Image
“Life has a funny way of turning you into the one thing you don't want to be.” — Jonathan Levine Comedy Copy Share Image
I feel like comedy is where I'm most at ease, but I also have an allergy to silly jokes. — Jonathan Levine Comedy Copy Share Image
I really like it when movies take a song and use it to counterpoint a scene. — Jonathan Levine Film Copy Share Image
I have a cameo in every movie. In '50/50,' I'm in the back of the bus. — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
I don't often watch something I've done on TV. Usually, I'll change the channel and watch something else. — Jonathan Levine Change Copy Share Image
I love subverting expectations or playing with the sort of unspoken kind of connections that the audience has. — Jonathan Levine Audience Copy Share Image
It's rare that movies can sort of capture the tone of life; movies always feel like they have to be one thing… — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
I like a pretty relaxed, fun set. Everyone knows they can bring whoever they want and hang out. — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
I think Giuliani started a trend that Bloomberg continued with rampant gentrification, and I think it's tough because why would any city… — Jonathan Levine City Copy Share Image
I definitely think New York is a very, very vibrant, wonderful city, but I certainly, of course, can't help but miss a… — Jonathan Levine City Copy Share Image
My first real television-watching experience was when I watched 'L.A. Law,' like, at 10 o'clock Thursday nights with my parents. They would… — Jonathan Levine Experience Copy Share Image
I always look at myself as kind of a work in progress. I hope that's not always the case. But for me,… — Jonathan Levine Cinema Copy Share Image
I learned some big lessons on my first film, a horror film which was never released in the U.S., even though we… — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
I have a lot of friends with bad taste in music - some might say that I have bad taste in music. — Jonathan Levine Copy Share Image
