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Film Quotes by Jason Reitman
- And the biggest improvement I see between 'Up in the Air' and 'Juno' and 'Thank You for Smoking' is that 'Up in the Air' deals…
- I hate movies that tell people what to think. I'm proud that Democrats thought 'Thank You For Smoking' was their film and Republicans thought it…
- Growing up the son of a director has made me very aware of the various turns that a directing career can take. Sometimes your films…
- I don't want to make films that give you the answer. If there is a message to my films - and I hope there isn't…
- I always believed that you can make challenging films, but they should be fiscally responsible.
- I want my movies to be audience experiences. As much as I like Michael Haneke, I'm not going to make a Haneke film. That's just…
- It's funny, I can sit through the worst horror film ever made but even a quite good romantic comedy can drive me nuts.
- Filmmaking is a completely imperfect art form that takes years and, over those years, the movie tells you what it is. Mistakes happen, accidents happen…
- 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 and…
- 'Alien' asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. 'The Matrix' delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film…
- And as a director, you make 1,000 decisions a day, mostly binary decisions: yes or no, this one or that one, the red one or…
- As far as writing, I like watching bad movies. Nothing stops me in my tracks more than watching a great film like 'The Godfather' or…
- Humanizing good people is kind of boring and I don't really see the value in it... humanizing tricky characters is exhilarating, and making audience films…
- 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 it's…
- I remember when I was like 19 years old and I started a desk calendar company to pay for my first short film, just so…
- I'm really specific in the way that I shoot. I've always had a very good sense of what I need in the editing room. I…
- It's easy to get caught up in a moment and think, 'Oh, I've been offered some giant studio film or a superhero franchise or some…
- Unlike with any other art form, filmmakers have this unique web of festivals. There are hundreds. It is a democratic system in which you submit…
- Well, Toronto, I consider to be the birthplace of my films. I've made three films and this is the third one to premiere here in…
- When I think of 'Nightmare on Elm Street,' there was a warmth to those teenagers that I related to. They were not aware that they…
- When you're young, you want to make every kind of film: musicals, Westerns, horror. Slowly you begin to hear your own voice. I hope people…
More Film Quotes
- I'm going to insult a whole industry here, but it seems like TV is for people who can't do film. I'm not… — Kevyn Aucoin
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't… — Darren Aronofsky
- I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours… — David Attenborough
- You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's always just one person encountering the book,… — Paul Auster
- I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments. — Dan Aykroyd
- I don't use any techniques; I'm not trained to be an actor. I just enjoy working in films. — Amitabh Bachchan
- You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social presence in… — Amitabh Bachchan
- Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character… — David Bailey
- I have to say I've been lucky in that way in that I've been able to go from different films and different… — Amy Adams
- I probably never would have been hired on Broadway had I not moved out to L.A. and pursued acting and film, which… — Amy Adams
- I have a hard time articulating the emotional experience of working on a film. Even when I have meetings on films or… — Amy Adams