Latest Rob Reiner Quotes from Interviews

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• Hollywood is one of those places where, traditionally, money has come from - along with New York, Texas, Florida, Silicon Valley in northern California and the unions. But because of the Internet and the way campaigns are financed these days, you don't need traditional financing as much as you used to - and Barack Obama has tapped into that in a big way. But at the end of the day, people in Hollywood care more about [the presidency] than just the trappings of it and the surface type stuff. They care about the issues.

  Rob Reiner

  People, Care, Internet

• With someone like Barack Obama, I think the whole America, the whole world will coalesce. Every election is about change, and change takes a long time because there are big issues that can't be changed overnight. But the one thing that will change dramatically is how we're viewed around the world. Once Obama is in there, the world will view Americans in an entirely different light. And that, to me, is a good thing.

  Rob Reiner

  Thinking, Long, Different

• I make the joke, all the time, that if you have the word "man" and a number in the title, like Batman 2, Spider-Man 2 or Iron Man 12, you'll get it made. The kind of movies I make, studios don't make them. I've made a lot of movies, and at Castle Rock, we've made 125 movies. None of them get made at a studio. I've got to scrounge around for money, every time. I just like to tell stories. I'm a storyteller, so I want the most people to see it.

  Rob Reiner

  Men, People, Iron Man

  Source: collider.com

• Usually, I have in mind what I want to do. I shoot pretty economically, so I'm not shooting tons of stuff that I could change, all that much. I'll cut something or add a little something back, but not too much. This is maybe the producer part of me, but I'm always worried about the budget, so I shoot what I know I need to shoot for the film.

  Rob Reiner

  Cutting, Mind, Film

  Source: collider.com

• When you do improv, you're everything. You're a performer, writer, and director, because you're moving the scene in the direction you want it to go, you're making it up as you go, and you're acting it. You're all of those things, so I always viewed myself that way. And with the films I've done, I've written on them, I've acted in some of them. And even ones I haven't acted in, I've acted them out just to be sure another actor can do them.

  Rob Reiner

  Moving, Acting, Done

  Source: film.avclub.com

• I'm a huge fan of Jonathan Winters. He's influenced everyone who's ever done improvisational comedy. You look to Jonathan Winters for inspiration. He paved the way. If you've ever made up something on the spot and made somebody laugh, you can credit Jonathan Winters with inspiration.

  Rob Reiner

  Inspiration, Winter, Laughing

  Source: film.avclub.com

• You never know if anything is going to stand the test of time or going to be successful.

  Rob Reiner

  Successful, Tests, Test Of Time

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I love thrillers. I've never made them, but I would say a really good thriller is my favorite kind of a movie. If I can get a really great thriller, you know.

  Rob Reiner

  Kind, My Favorite, Made

  Source: www.avclub.com

• Most people are in marriages, and there are very few movies made about what it really is like to be married for a length of time. You always show the romantic part and all that. Or the divorce, and the horrible split, and the guy's having an affair, or she's having an affair, and they're going to get split up, whatever. But very few people just look at what actually happens in a marriage.

  Rob Reiner

  Divorce, People, Guy

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I think for every parent, they know their kids better than anybody else, and they have to just trust their own instincts.

  Rob Reiner

  Kids, Thinking, Parent

  Source: www.avclub.com

• People always said, "I can't believe you made a movie that had no script." Yeah, but here's the thing, if you've got actors who are used to that, and that's what they like to do, they're all good improvisers and they're all people that feel comfortable doing that, then you know, it's not that big of a deal. It's what you do.

  Rob Reiner

  Believe, People, Actors

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I think there's great stuff on television. I'm hooked on all these shows. I love watching these shows.

  Rob Reiner

  Thinking, Television, Stuff

  Source: www.avclub.com

• Whether it's films or painting or music or writing a book, the greatest experience is being able to express yourself and what you've gone through, trying to figure out a way to make it into something that's artistic that people can connect with.

  Rob Reiner

  Book, Writing, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

• The movie studios, they only like to make - I make a joke, but it's true - if the movie has the word "man" and a number in the title, they'll make it. If it doesn't have that, it's an R-rated raunchy comedy, and that's it. Any other movie that you're going to make is going to be an independent one. So for filmmakers who want to do something other than "man" and a number, it's either independent films or television, which is like the place for real creative filmmakers to go.

  Rob Reiner

  Real, Independent, Men

  Source: www.avclub.com

• TV's great. I think the best stuff is happening on television.

  Rob Reiner

  Thinking, Television, Stuff

  Source: www.avclub.com

• For the last five, 10 years, you're seeing the best things happen on television.

  Rob Reiner

  Years, Television, Lasts

  Source: www.avclub.com

• It gives you more freedom, the digital camera.

  Rob Reiner

  Giving, Cameras, Digital

  Source: www.avclub.com

• For me, the only type of guilty pleasure fun that I have in terms of my career is I act once in awhile. And I don't have any responsibility.

  Rob Reiner

  Fun, Responsibility, Careers

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I'm always running around trying to raise money to make the films. Fortunately, I've been able to do that, but if I can't, at this point, it's not like I wanted to spend a lot of time putting together, you know, you spend a year of your life on something, you go, "What the hell am I doing that for?"

  Rob Reiner

  Running, Years, Trying

  Source: www.avclub.com

• For me, if I had all the money in the world, and I could finance my own films, I would do whatever.

  Rob Reiner

  World, Film, Finance

  Source: www.avclub.com

• As you get older, all those dumb clichés, they're all true. You only have a certain amount of time left, and you should only spend it doing the things that you want to do. It's all true.

  Rob Reiner

  Dumb, Want, True You

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I guess as I get older, I'm kind of getting drawn to the things that I really love the most, which is trying to figure out ways of blending politics with humor, and making it interesting. So I don't know if anybody's interested in this stuff, but I like it, so I get involved with it.

  Rob Reiner

  Interesting, Trying, Stuff

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I decided to not just be about protesting or speaking out against certain things, but actually trying to get things done. That has been tremendously fulfilling for me.

  Rob Reiner

  Trying, Done, Certain

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I was certainly a child of the '60s, and I came out of that era, and as a young actor, I got cast as a lot of counterculture hippie types.

  Rob Reiner

  Children, Hippie, Actors

  Source: www.avclub.com

• Anytime a movie lasts, it's really a thrill. I mean, that people can still pick up on it, and still enjoy it, that makes you feel great.

  Rob Reiner

  Mean, People, Thrill

  Source: www.avclub.com