Jason Reitman Quotes

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• 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

  Movie, Thinking, People

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• Most people see a documentary about the meat industry and then they become a vegetarian for a week.

  Jason Reitman

  Meat Industry, People, Documentaries

  "Jason Reitman grows up with young adult". Interview with Angela Watercutter, December 15, 2011.

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• Discover how little you know about the people you know.

  Jason Reitman

  People, Littles, Knows

  "Men, Women & Children". Taglines, www.imdb.com. September 6, 2014.

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• When I write a film, all I think about is where the thing ends and how to get the audience there.

  Jason Reitman

  Writing, Thinking, Film

  "Jason Reitman, ‘Casual’ Creator Share Real Life Story Behind New Hulu Comedy". Interview with Reid Nakamura, www.thewrap.com. October 6, 2015.

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• 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.

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  Cousin, Want, Comedy

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• I'm a believer that people need to understand that filmmaking is not a perfect process for anybody. It is a process in which you find the film and the film finds you. And that is every film.

  Jason Reitman

  People, Perfect, Needs

  Source: collider.com

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• 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.

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  Mistake, Thinking, Digital

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• I'm really attracted to authors who take on really tricky material with a very open mind and take a subject matter that you wouldn't think would be a comedy.

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  Thinking, Mind, Comedy

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Filmmaking is finding a piece of granite and you start to chip away and then you have the shape of a head, the shape of the arm, you can see the shape of the face and the face starts to gather character. You have to find it.

  Jason Reitman

  Movie, Character, Actors

  "Director Jason Reitman Talks YOUNG ADULT and His LACMA Live Reading Series". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. December 7, 2011.

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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.

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  Character, Successful, Trying

  "Jason Reitman: 'Growing up sucks, doesn't it?'". Interview with Catherine Shoard, www.theguardian.com. January 19, 2012.

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• When characters change on screen, it makes you feel better about yourself. You think, 'Oh I change too, I'm constantly becoming a better person.'

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  Character, Feel Better, Thinking

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• 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.

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  Believe, Thinking, People

  Source: collider.com

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• I don't know why I'm drawn to anti-heroes, but I certainly am.

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  Hero, Anti Hero, Knows

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• 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 was theirs. I'm proud that pro-choice people thought 'Juno' was their film and pro-life people thought it was theirs.

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  Thank You, Hate, Thinking

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• 'Juno' really changed things for me and I get a lot of screenplays come in now, but I like to self-generate and I like to kind of pursue my own ideas. And I think the more personal the better.

  Jason Reitman

  Thinking, Self, Ideas

  "Jason Reitman Takes Off with Up in the Air". movieweb.com. February 24,2010.

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• Being pregnant changes you as a human being and it gives you a whole lot of mixed feelings.

  Jason Reitman

  Giving, Feelings, Mixed Feelings

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I'm not Michael Moore. I think Michael Moore wants to tell you how to think. He wants to give you answers. I make movies to raise my own personal questions and not to give answers.

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  Thinking, Giving, Answers

  Interview with Radheyan Simonpillai, www.askmen.com. December 4, 2009.

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• 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 films, and if they are good enough, they play. The only barrier to entry is the submission fee.

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  Art, Unique, Play

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• 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 used to shoot in a way that drew more attention to the camera and I've tried, in each film, to draw less and less attention to the camera. I think when you pay attention to the shots, you're aware of the fact that there's a director.

  Jason Reitman

  Thinking, Editing, Cameras

  "Director Jason Reitman Talks YOUNG ADULT and His LACMA Live Reading Series". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. December 07, 2011.

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• I'm too big a fan of rhythm and editing. I'd much rather my editing be brave than my shooting.

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  Editing, Brave, Fans

  Source: collider.com

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• Directing is a reactionary job more than a creation job. The job is to react whether it's moment one, the first time you read the script or see an article or read a book or notice something happen on the street and have an idea for a movie, and it just continues from there on in. You're just reacting to dialogue, a performance, an audition, a headache, a piece of furniture, a piece of clothing.

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  Jobs, Book, Ideas

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• 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 receive what I do as small, personal films that are somewhat contrarian about their main characters.

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  Character, Voice, People

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• 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.

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  Issues, Trying, Littles

  Source: collider.com

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• Rian Johnson's 'Looper' is inventive, entertaining, and thought-provoking in every way a movie can be. It is in fact the kind of movie that reminds us why we watch them and make them, a beautifully told story that deserves to be not only remembered, but acknowledged for its writing.

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  Writing, Thought Provoking, Watches

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• 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.

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  Running, Weekend, Romance

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