I don’t consider myself bossy, but I do know what I want. You know, I have a gut feeling about a piece of material, but I’ve never envisioned myself as the director on top of the hill with a megaphone in my hand, screaming at 1,000 extras. Jason Reitman Read Quote
The first set I remember was ‘Ghostbusters.’ It was a scene in which the street erupted. I remember even at seven years old thinking, ‘Wow, if you direct a movie, you can break the streets of New York.’ Jason Reitman Read Quote
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. Jason Reitman Read Quote
Election’ is a movie I’d give a leg to cross the director’s name out and put mine in. Jason Reitman Read Quote
I want my movies to be audience experiences. As much as I like Michael Haneke, I’m not going to make a Haneke film. That’s just not in my DNA. Jason Reitman Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
My writing voice is very much like ‘Thank You for Smoking.’ It’s a guy’s voice. It’s very masculine. Jason Reitman Read Quote
When I look at ‘Napoleon Dynamite’s style I’m reminded of how I spoke when I was an eight-year-old boy. It was just like capturing the essence of, ‘Duh!’ It was just like the stuff that I would say when I was like eight, nine, ten years old. Jason Reitman Read Quote
