Jason Reitman Quotes

I feel 100% sure that I have the career that I have today because of independent filmmaking.

I just want to make good films on my own wherever I can.

I make movies I want to see.

I've always been in the middle of making my own movies, so taking acting jobs that take me away from that has been impossible.

When I make movies, I don't ever go out there to please anyone other than myself. I never try to make a film for the masses. I just try to tell my story.

I don't make films for other people; I make films for me.

When I write a movie, I write it for me.

I eventually want to write and direct and produce my own stuff.

I always say that I'm a filmmaker, not a factory. I don't have to churn out films every six months.

I'd like to make mistakes on my own dime and not have a herd of people tell me what I'm doing wrong. and I'm also still trying to find and develop my voice as a filmmaker, and I think that's easier to do on your own terms than trying to satisfy a bunch of people that are paying for the movie.

I'd love to do more independent films.

I feel like everyone wants to make a movie that they feel passionate about watching.

I'm so not interested in producing, other than doing my own work, producing my own films. I only do it as favors, for other people to get their films made.

The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.

You make your own path as an actor. Nobody does it for you, so you have to invent yourself.

As a director, there's no natural career progression. So after 'The Wackness,' which was very personal to me, I was very, very picky about what I was going to do next, to the point where I think that I was almost too picky.

I don't make movies because I think audiences will want to go see them.

If it helps me in the way that if this movie is successful, I get to make more films, great, and the more films that I make and the more interest that I'm allowed to cover, the better for me and the better, hopefully, for the people who like to watch me.

I want to make my own films from my own scripts based on stories I want to tell, but they take time to put together.

I want to get into producing and writing more for myself - setting up my own films and seeing what kind of personal touch I can put on movies, as opposed to just being in them.

It's really hard as a screenwriter, you feel like you have a vision and then you turn it over to a director and you have to let it go.

I'm not looking to be the King of Comedy, or the King of Hollywood. I just want to be able to keep making stuff that I'm into and have the opportunity to challenge myself with, wearing different hats.

I just make the movies I want to see. I've always been that way.

Since childhood, I'd dreamed of making a film, but producers in France and Germany wanted to make commercial films with chinoiserie. I refused.

The business has changed, and some people can keep talking about theatrical in these wondrous terms - it will survive, but it becomes narrower what you can make. So the films I'm most interested in, studios - or even the independents - aren't making them. I'm mostly interested in people.