Jason Reitman

I find nice people kind of boring.

— Jason Reitman

I am an obsessive flyer, myself.

— Jason Reitman

I've always had an underdog perspective.

— Jason Reitman

I'm a kind of private guy.

— Jason Reitman

I really enjoy theater. I just went to see 'Death of a Salesman,' and it knocked me on my ass.

— Jason Reitman

Most people see a documentary about the meat industry and then they become a vegetarian for a week.

— Jason Reitman

I always believed that you can make challenging films, but they should be fiscally responsible.

— Jason Reitman

What I do feel is that 'Up in the Air' is the most indicative film of 2009. It is the portrait of 2009.

— Jason Reitman

Being pregnant changes you as a human being and it gives you a whole lot of mixed feelings.

— Jason Reitman

It’s funny, I can sit through the worst horror film ever made! But even a quite good romantic comedy.

— Jason Reitman

Discover how little you know about the people you know.

— Jason Reitman

I don't know why I'm drawn to anti-heroes, but I certainly am.

— Jason Reitman

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

And over the course of the last six years, as I've directed more features and commercials, I've become better at articulating exactly…

— Jason Reitman

Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don't think of it as just…

— Jason Reitman

I don't want to make films that give you the answer. If there is a message to my films - and I…

— Jason Reitman

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

The first set I remember was 'Ghostbusters.' It was a scene in which the street erupted. I remember even at seven years…

— Jason Reitman

Each one of my films is personal; each one of my films is emotionally autobiographical. And I like directors who do that.

— Jason Reitman

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

I remember when I was like 19 years old and I started a desk calendar company to pay for my first short…

— Jason Reitman

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

'Looper' is about what your 55-year-old self would tell your 25-year-old self over a cup of coffee. It's about finding love in…

— Jason Reitman

All the airports kind of feel and look the same now. Some are more beautiful, some are less beautiful, but for the…

— Jason Reitman

Too many people believe in that [Alfred] Hitchcock thing that he only shot exactly the shots he needed for the dialogue he…

— Jason Reitman

From the onset of the 'Live-Read' series, we wanted to hit all the major writers and Woody Allen is simply one of…

— Jason Reitman

As far as writing, I like watching bad movies. Nothing stops me in my tracks more than watching a great film like…

— Jason Reitman

I'm equally guilty of using technology - I Twitter, I text people, I chat. But I think there's something strangely insidious about…

— Jason Reitman

“When my father was 17, he went to Montreal and found these submarine sandwich shops that were really successful, and weren't in…

— Jason Reitman

“[With comedy and wanting to make people laugh,] when you're a child, all you want is ANY kind of laugh. You get…

— Jason Reitman

'Election' is a movie I'd give a leg to cross the director's name out and put mine in.

— Jason Reitman

I'm too big a fan of rhythm and editing. I'd much rather my editing be brave than my shooting.

— Jason Reitman

When I write a film, all I think about is where the thing ends and how to get the audience there.

— Jason Reitman

I went to college, I went pre-med, I thought I was going to be a doctor.

— Jason Reitman

Really, it's the director's job to disappear and allow the movie to just feel.

— Jason Reitman

Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.

— Jason Reitman

My writing voice is very much like 'Thank You for Smoking.' It's a guy's voice. It's very masculine.

— Jason Reitman

I have one of the original 'Ghostbusters' guns in my house.

— Jason Reitman

I want my audiences to be as open-minded as my characters.

— Jason Reitman

I'm really attracted to authors who take on really tricky material with a very open mind and take a subject matter that…

— Jason Reitman