Jason Reitman Quotes

We love movies like 'Edge of Tomorrow.' It's why we go to the movies, and it's why we make movies.

Once a film is made and it exists, someone somewhere is going to watch it and that is kind of the magic of it all.

You don't get bored with stuff like 'Birdman.'

We don't make movies for critics. I've done four movies; there's millions upon millions upon millions of people who've paid to see them. Somebody likes them. My greatest joy is to sit anonymously in a dark theater and watch it with an audience, a paying audience.

You don't know what someone's going to walk away from a movie with, but you hope it's something positive, but if nothing, you want them most basically to be entertained and engaged. That's your job. But you also hope to give them something to chew on or maybe some insight into the human existence, you hope a little bit. Not to sound too lofty.

I think all my films can be enjoyed. In fact, they've often surprised me with how they're received.

A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin.

I just love good movies. And not every movie you're going to end up in is always going to turn out right, but at least walk into it with the right intention.

When I see films made from books, I make a huge effort not to remember the book. It's important to see the film as a film.

The thing that makes a great genre movie is one that's not just entertainment, not just horror or sci-fi or whatever. The ones I love are the genre pictures with some subversive message underlying it all.

The most important thing when you do a movie is that you find an audience that really understands what you want to do and is really supportive of it.

When I watch a film, I watch it as an audience instead of thinking as an actor or an intellectual. I see whether it made me laugh, get involved or shocked me at certain points. Something has to stir inside me.

I loved 'District 9.'

I try to work on a film that my audiences would appreciate and enjoy their time in a theatre.

I would like to say to as many people as possible that please go and see the film 'Jaana,' because we all have worked hard to make it a good film.

When I walk out of a movie that's actually good, I write emails to anybody I know who was involved with it.

I have been a fan of movies from a very young age, and somehow, the magic of that - every single time I hear something or read something that could be made into a wonderful film or something somebody is asking me to be a part of - that connects. It just makes me feel like I'm going to be part of something magical again.

I hope everyone enjoys watching 'The Good Dinosaur' as much as I did making it.

When I go to a cinema, I don't care if the film is made by a man or a woman as long as it tells me a story, as long as it offers pictures that shed light on my existence, characters I can identify with, jokes I can laugh at.

I go to watch the so-called mainstream films for different reasons. I certainly like those films if they are giving me something new to look out for.

I watch films, so I know what it is to be there in a theatre as the audience. So I always want to communicate with them when I make films, but that is not the only thing. I also want to say something which I feel deeply, and which I feel I can connect with the rest of the audience.

When I was 14, I saw 'Terminator 2.' My mind was blown. What a beautiful movie. I found it really deep and also so entertaining.

I wanted people to know that I'm not just a guy who does weird videos on the Internet. I actually am a filmmaker, and I can tell stories, and I can create something that's 90 minutes long that feels just like any other movie you see in the theater, and hopefully enjoy.

I did this movie, Predestination, and it's one of my favorite movies I've ever made, because sci-fi really lets you talk about ideas in a way that's not pretentious.

We actually try our best to be non-biased, but for me, that was the best movie ["Sicario"], filmmaking-wise and storytelling-wise, and connected to me the most. I thought it was great.