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Jason Reitman Quotes

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 out of indie subjects excites me Picture Quote #1

And I certainly like being on a plane, next to a stranger, having conversations that you’d never otherwise have. You’re unplugged, your phone doesn’t work, you’re not online Picture Quote #1

Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don’t think of it as just movies, but as a life Picture Quote #1

And over the course of the last six years, as I’ve directed more features and commercials, I’ve become better at articulating exactly how I want the audience to feel Picture Quote #1

Selfishness, narcissism, being uncomfortable in your own skin, not feeling connected to the world around you, feeling dislocated from family and youth, having a strange relationship with your childhood - all those things feel really true to me Picture Quote #1

Things like Facebook have made you feel as though you’re connected to everybody. You’ve got a thousand friends on Facebook, but you don’t actually talk to anybody. You’re not close to anybody Picture Quote #1

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I’m trying to figure myself out through my movies. Whether it’s big stuff like what we’re doing here, or little stuff like, ‘Why aren’t I happier?’ With every film I feel like I’m apologising for something. I feel I’m most successful when I’m looking for something that embarrasses me about my character that I’d like to expose Picture Quote #1

I’m not going to have a perfect career. It’s better to be Billy Wilder and make lots of movies and have five or six great ones than to make so few movies that when you make a bad one it crushes you Picture Quote #1

My writing voice is very much like ‘Thank You for Smoking.’ It’s a guy’s voice. It’s very masculine Picture Quote #1

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 - it’s to be open-minded Picture Quote #1

I’m equally guilty of using technology - I Twitter, I text people, I chat. But I think there’s something strangely insidious about it that it makes us think we’re closer when in fact we’re not seeing each other, we’re not connecting Picture Quote #1

With each one of my films, I’m exploring one of my own issues and I try to expose myself a little in the film Picture Quote #1

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Each one of my films is personal; each one of my films is emotionally autobiographical. And I like directors who do that Picture Quote #1

I am an obsessive flyer, myself Picture Quote #1

I’m a kind of private guy Picture Quote #1

I find nice people kind of boring Picture Quote #1

I always believed that you can make challenging films, but they should be fiscally responsible Picture Quote #1

Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment Picture Quote #1

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Everyone wants to be loved; everyone wants to know where they’re going in life; everyone wants to have a sense of direction and feel the next day is going to be better than today. We just all deal with it in a different way Picture Quote #1

Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don’t think of it as just movies, but as a life Picture Quote #1

I think, through comedy, sometimes we’re allowed to discuss things that you’d never be able to talk about in a drama Picture Quote #1

Comedy and horror are cousins; they’re related. They both come from storytellers who want to specifically affect the audience and elicit specific reactions during the movie Picture Quote #1

It’s funny, I can sit through the worst horror film ever made but even a quite good romantic comedy can drive me nuts Picture Quote #1

Most people see a documentary about the meat industry and then they become a vegetarian for a week Picture Quote #1

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Really, it’s the director’s job to disappear and allow the movie to just feel Picture Quote #1

There are only so many movies you can direct. And yet there are movies that I want to make sure make it to the screen in as honest a way as possible Picture Quote #1

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 and true great films are the results of those mistakes and the decisions that those directors make during those moments Picture Quote #1

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 learn from them Picture Quote #1

People want to know if I have a moral standpoint that they should be picking up on, and the truth is, I don’t. I don’t want people to think that I’m trying to tell them to feel a certain way. I think that’s cheap filmmaking Picture Quote #1

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 the blue one, faster or slower. And it’s the culmination of those decisions that define the tone of the film and whether or not it moves people Picture Quote #1

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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 out of indie subjects excites me. (Jason Reitman Quotes) And I certainly like being on a plane, next to a stranger, having conversations that you’d never otherwise have. You’re unplugged, your phone doesn’t work, you’re not online. (Jason Reitman Quotes) Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don’t think of it as just movies, but as a life. (Jason Reitman Quotes) And over the course of the last six years, as I’ve directed more features and commercials, I’ve become better at articulating exactly how I want the audience to feel. (Jason Reitman Quotes) Selfishness, narcissism, being uncomfortable in your own skin, not feeling connected to the world around you, feeling dislocated from family and youth, having a strange relationship with your childhood - all those things feel really true to me. (Jason Reitman Quotes) Things like Facebook have made you feel as though you’re connected to everybody. You’ve got a thousand friends on Facebook, but you don’t actually talk to anybody. You’re not close to anybody (Jason Reitman Quotes) I’m trying to figure myself out through my movies. Whether it’s big stuff like what we’re doing here, or little stuff like, ‘Why aren’t I happier?’ With every film I feel like I’m apologising for something. I feel I’m most successful when I’m looking for something that embarrasses me about my character that I’d like to expose (Jason Reitman Quotes) I’m not going to have a perfect career. It’s better to be Billy Wilder and make lots of movies and have five or six great ones than to make so few movies that when you make a bad one it crushes you (Jason Reitman Quotes) My writing voice is very much like ‘Thank You for Smoking.’ It’s a guy’s voice. It’s very masculine (Jason Reitman Quotes) 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 - it’s to be open-minded (Jason Reitman Quotes) I’m equally guilty of using technology - I Twitter, I text people, I chat. But I think there’s something strangely insidious about it that it makes us think we’re closer when in fact we’re not seeing each other, we’re not connecting (Jason Reitman Quotes) With each one of my films, I’m exploring one of my own issues and I try to expose myself a little in the film (Jason Reitman Quotes) Each one of my films is personal; each one of my films is emotionally autobiographical. And I like directors who do that (Jason Reitman Quotes) I am an obsessive flyer, myself (Jason Reitman Quotes) I’m a kind of private guy (Jason Reitman Quotes) I find nice people kind of boring (Jason Reitman Quotes) I always believed that you can make challenging films, but they should be fiscally responsible (Jason Reitman Quotes) Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment (Jason Reitman Quotes) Everyone wants to be loved; everyone wants to know where they’re going in life; everyone wants to have a sense of direction and feel the next day is going to be better than today. We just all deal with it in a different way (Jason Reitman Quotes) Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don’t think of it as just movies, but as a life (Jason Reitman Quotes) I think, through comedy, sometimes we’re allowed to discuss things that you’d never be able to talk about in a drama (Jason Reitman Quotes) Comedy and horror are cousins; they’re related. They both come from storytellers who want to specifically affect the audience and elicit specific reactions during the movie (Jason Reitman Quotes) It’s funny, I can sit through the worst horror film ever made but even a quite good romantic comedy can drive me nuts (Jason Reitman Quotes) Most people see a documentary about the meat industry and then they become a vegetarian for a week (Jason Reitman Quotes) Really, it’s the director’s job to disappear and allow the movie to just feel (Jason Reitman Quotes) There are only so many movies you can direct. And yet there are movies that I want to make sure make it to the screen in as honest a way as possible (Jason Reitman Quotes) 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 and true great films are the results of those mistakes and the decisions that those directors make during those moments (Jason Reitman Quotes) 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 learn from them (Jason Reitman Quotes) People want to know if I have a moral standpoint that they should be picking up on, and the truth is, I don’t. I don’t want people to think that I’m trying to tell them to feel a certain way. I think that’s cheap filmmaking (Jason Reitman Quotes) 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 the blue one, faster or slower. And it’s the culmination of those decisions that define the tone of the film and whether or not it moves people (Jason Reitman Quotes)

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