Jason Reitman Quotes

In the end, you can' t talk to everyone.

If I have to spend a lot of time on planes, I try to think of this as time off. In certain ways, it's more restful than home: no Internet, no phones, no interruptions.

I think people get a sense of possibility when they're on a plane, even romantic possibility, wondering if the perfect person is going to sit down next to them or something.

When I fly to European destinations, I always fly economy; I don't fly business class - there is no advantage apart from a few more inches of room.

I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class.

When I go on Japanese Airlines, I really love it because I like Japanese food.

If anyone wonders why the airlines are not doing well it is because flying has been made such an unpleasant and degrading experience.

Social does not just equal Facebook. Social is how people interact anywhere.

Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships.

I like to talk to people and, obviously, to photograph them.

People don't talk to me on airplanes.

In our ordinary experiences with other people, we know that approaching each other in a machinelike way gets us into trouble.

We can get carried away with our heads in books, and although there's so much to be learned from that, I think sitting in a cafe and speaking with someone - whatever it is, their mannerisms, their choices, are just as valuable as any class you can go to.

If I have to travel, I'm going to travel my way and travel in the real world. And I'm going to have conversations every day with people in rest stops and people in gas stations and people in hotels and diners. That nourishes me.

People are really talkative in New York. Someone always comes up to me and says 'Hi' during the day.

On both of my flights, everything went very well.

It's a bloody shame that all the video stores have gone, I'll tell you. Everything's so mechanical now. It's all so if-you-liked-this-then-you'll-like-this. There's no picking something out, or finding some brilliant person to open up new worlds for you.

The airplane has had a big impact on my life.

I'm just hoping my children will get enough of a foundation to remember what it was like before technology, how good that feels. Because I remember.

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?

I'm not opposed to talking about airline food.

Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache.

I'm not on social media; I don't watch TV. I'm really out of it.

I used to cry on planes. I don't anymore. It probably took almost a hundred agonizing flights to get there. Now, when I take off, a smile quivers on the corner of my lips.

I haven't got the patience for small talk, although I once saw a woman standing on her own in the corner, and I realised it was Monica Lewinsky, and I had the nicest evening with her - she was charming.