Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment. Jason Reitman More Quotes by Jason Reitman More Quotes From Jason Reitman The first thing I say when people ask what's the difference [between doing TV and film], is that film has an ending and TV doesn't. When I write a film, all I think about is where the thing ends and how to get the audience there. And in television, it can't end. You need the audience to return the next week. It kind of shifts the drive of the story. But I find that more as a writer than as a director. Jason Reitman writingnext-weekthinking I used to have a group called Bad-Movie Saturday. Every Saturday, six of us would go see the worst movie that came out each weekend. It'd be noon in Burbank. It was just a running commentary. All executives - we would each talk through the movie and make jokes. Jason Reitman weekendromancerunning Yeah, I was born in Montreal and I go back to Vancouver and Toronto a lot, so I have a sense of being Canadian, and I was raised by two Canadians, and my wife is Canadian, so yeah, I feel it. Jason Reitman vancouverwifetwo 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 were in the middle of a horror film, and I really loved those characters and I empathized with them. Jason Reitman teenagercharacterthinking 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. Jason Reitman editingwayneeds Discover how little you know about the people you know. Jason Reitman knowslittlespeople From the onset of the 'Live-Read' series, we wanted to hit all the major writers and Woody Allen is simply one of the greatest screenwriters of all time. He has ability to match pathos and comedy and drama and then turn it all on a dime. If you're going to make a series based on dialogue, you can't find much better than Woody Allen. Jason Reitman dimescomedydrama 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 'Dog Day Afternoon' or 'The Graduate.' You watch one of those, and you never want to write again. Whereas with bad movies, it makes you think, If that counts, I certainly could write. Jason Reitman dogwritingthinking 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 abledramathinking I really enjoy theater. I just went to see 'Death of a Salesman,' and it knocked me on my ass. Jason Reitman assenjoytheater I have one of the original 'Ghostbusters' guns in my house. Jason Reitman originalsgunhouse I find nice people kind of boring. Jason Reitman nicekindpeople I don't know why I'm drawn to anti-heroes, but I certainly am. Jason Reitman anti-heroheroknows Too many people believe in that [Alfred] Hitchcock thing that he only shot exactly the shots he needed for the dialogue he needed and I think that's bullshit, even if that was true for that singular filmmaker. Jason Reitman believepeoplethinking I am an obsessive flyer, myself. Jason Reitman obsessiveflyers I always believed that you can make challenging films, but they should be fiscally responsible. Jason Reitman responsiblefilmchallenges 'Election' is a movie I'd give a leg to cross the director's name out and put mine in. Jason Reitman movienamesgiving Being pregnant changes you as a human being and it gives you a whole lot of mixed feelings. Jason Reitman mixed-feelingsfeelingsgiving 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 careerssonthinking 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 next-daydifferentwant
