Taste Music Quotes by Jonathan Levine

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

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 let me…

— Jonathan Levine

'Warm Bodies' - I was contractually obligated to deliver a PG-13 movie. But, like, I wanted it to be PG-13 because it's for younger…

— Jonathan Levine

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

It's rare that movies can sort of capture the tone of life; movies always feel like they have to be one thing or another.

— Jonathan Levine

To me, using music is creating a shorthand with an audience. And I love music so much.

— Jonathan Levine

I just think a lot of movies are too long. I want to know how to make my movie as tight as possible.

— Jonathan Levine

I feel like comedy is where I'm most at ease, but I also have an allergy to silly jokes.

— Jonathan Levine

Any time I hear certain songs I put in a movie, I have to not listen to them anymore because I associate them with…

— Jonathan Levine

I think that's the great thing about zombies, is, you know, going back to even 'Night of the Living Dead,' they've always been a…

— Jonathan Levine

As a director, there's no natural career progression. So after 'The Wackness,' which was very personal to me, I was very, very picky about…

— Jonathan Levine

Zombies have always had a lot of built-in social commentary.

— Jonathan Levine

I used to drive a convertible around L.A. a lot.

— Jonathan Levine

The way 'Coming Home' uses music in general is incredible, but the final song that really kind of crescendos all of the emotion that…

— Jonathan Levine

On '50/50,' even though it was 8 million dollars, it was all acting-intensive.

— Jonathan Levine