Cinema Quote by Jonathan Levine

“I always look at myself as kind of a work in progress. I hope that's not always the case. But for me, every film is a learning experience.”

Jonathan Levine

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I think it's cyclical. Zombies have been around for ages, and vampires have run their course; we've had so many vampire movies.

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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…

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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…

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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…

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

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