Jason Reitman Quotes

I always say to my agents, you go through one of these big kind of movies, everyone makes money, but like, I said, 'I'm the one who's gotta go make it, and if I don't have my heart in it, and it's like a love affair, I'm not going to do a good job. Then, and I don't want to just get paid. I just, I don't want to do that.'

It's not about me, it's about the music. I don't do this because I want to be a star. I don't do this because I want to make a lot of money.

People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money.

In terms of directing a feature, I'd want the story to be right - you know, it's a year of your life, and you have to be focused on one thing, so I want it to be a story that I really, really care about and will enjoy making.

I do think there's a difference when you see a book where you can tell the creator's doing something they really love or are really passionate about as opposed to an artist or a writer who is just doing a particular job or trying to sell a product or trying to cash in on a popular trend.

I'm just following my own art, and I just think that the only thing I can do to be a great artist is do the best job I can in whatever movie I do.

I'm producing more, but I think to direct, one has to have a burning desire, and that's not me. I'd rather do something else.

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.

I don't make crappy movies. I spend two or three years making a film. I don't take myself seriously, but I take my movies very seriously.

I put my soul into every book I write.

It's what you've been a part of for so long. I don't think I can watch a game without an interest in who wins.

If I didn't love it, I would not record it.

I still love coming into work everyday after so many years working as an actress. I've been working more or less continuously and I find I have to really want to do the project to make it work because you have to put such an enormous amount of effort into it.

I love the rush of being creative. I really think I live for it.

I think what you're always looking for as artists is to be honest and to continue to be honestly driven by that which you are passionately engaged with. It should need not be forced.

I don't want to make a movie till I have an idea I have to make. I don't want to make a movie just to make a movie.

I have sworn to die painting.

When it's something you really adore, I think you don't want to be the one who accidentally writes a crap episode.

One thing I'm passionate about is directing. I've always wanted to direct.

If I write something, and I'm going to put in all that love and energy, I want to direct it.

If I can't put my heart and soul into a film, I don't take it up.

I'm just a sucker for a good script and people that are passionate about it. I love independents.

If the script doesn't excite me, there's no point working on the music.

You better mean what you're singing or you need to get out of this business. That's where I'm really lucky because they know I mean what I'm singing or I ain't gonna sing it.

Hopefully, by the time I do a project, I already have a true understanding and love of what I'm about to do because if I don't, I'm not going to work on that project. I really want to have those connections so I can be truthful to the emotional aspect of what I have to deliver for the story.