Ivan Reitman

I remember when first, Stripes, and then Animal House came out - which I was really proud of, even though it was…

— Ivan Reitman

It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.

— Ivan Reitman

Much of romantic relationships today have to do when the people are not in the same room. Whether it’s texting or emailing…

— Ivan Reitman

My sense is, I think it's okay for directors to do movies that speak to other work in their career.

— Ivan Reitman

We watch movies about all sorts of things that we don't know anything about, but we do get caught up in the…

— Ivan Reitman

We got some devastating reviews on Animal House at the start.

— Ivan Reitman

I don't think there will be another Ghostbusters. I think we're all too old to do it. I think we've done it…

— Ivan Reitman

The hardest thing for everyone, for the writer, for the director and certainly for the actors, is not to panic when they're…

— Ivan Reitman

I don't think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with this, for better or for worse.

— Ivan Reitman

Movies either work or they don't work and they're either funny or they're not and we work very hard. To achieve that…

— Ivan Reitman

I'd always been a science fiction enthusiast.

— Ivan Reitman

My first student film was Orientation, which was basically the set-up for Animal House. There are a couple of scenes that we…

— Ivan Reitman

I believe that improvisation is really just a directorial tool. It's a writing tool.

— Ivan Reitman

I never like to do parodies. I never do. It's just not my style of comedy.

— Ivan Reitman

I'm not sure I agree with the thesis, because I think that even though something grotesque or gross has been part of…

— Ivan Reitman

I think Junior is certainly a science fiction premise as is Twins, as is Dave, beyond Ghostbusters.

— Ivan Reitman

I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I've worked with. And I've worked with all kinds…

— Ivan Reitman

Well, actually, I did start out in comedies. Very, very early.

— Ivan Reitman

When you have a performer as talented as Bill Murray or as Harold, that can write as well as they can perform,…

— Ivan Reitman

The real trick for me as a director is to make sure that people don't start pushing because the harder you push…

— Ivan Reitman

The home viewing experience is slightly different and there's room for these kinds of extra excursions.

— Ivan Reitman

It's been about 15 years, and I've never really worked seriously in CGI and I thought that here was an opportunity to…

— Ivan Reitman

It seemed like so much of romantic relationships today have to do when the people are not in the same room. Whether…

— Ivan Reitman

A good actor is someone who knows how to take the part and make it real and make it honest and be…

— Ivan Reitman

Then my first film was something called Cannibal Girls, which sounds like a horror movie but was actually kind of a goofy…

— Ivan Reitman