I grew up on movie sets, I'm comfortable on sets. A movie set is like a circus. I don't understand why moviemaking… — 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
'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
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
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
The first set I remember was 'Ghostbusters.' It was a scene in which the street erupted. I remember even at seven years… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
Rian Johnson's 'Looper' is inventive, entertaining, and thought-provoking in every way a movie can be. It is in fact the kind of… — 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
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
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
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
Directing is a reactionary job more than a creation job. The job is to react whether it's moment one, the first time… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
'Juno' really changed things for me and I get a lot of screenplays come in now, but I like to self-generate and… — 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 used to have a group called Bad-Movie Saturday. Every Saturday, six of us would go see the worst movie that came… — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
Comedy and horror are cousins; they're related. They both come from storytellers who want to specifically affect the audience and elicit specific… — 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
Really, it's the director's job to disappear and allow the movie to just feel. — 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
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 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
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 Image
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 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
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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“[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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment. — Jason Reitman Copy Share Image
![“[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 laugh, and great! - you've succeeded. And then it's "How FAST can I get them to laugh?" "How LONG can I get them to laugh?", "How HARD can I get them to laugh?". And then it…” quote by Jason Reitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c06/jason-reitman-6741_children_with-comedy-and-wanting-to-make-people-l_192225.jpg)
