“I'm not sure I agree with the thesis, because I think that even though something grotesque or gross has been part of film since way back, what we accept or what we can get away with on the screen is broader now.” ThinkingWayHas BeensFilmAcceptingAgreeScreensNot SureGet AwayGrossGrotesqueThesis Author:Ivan Reitman
“I'd love to do a musical actually. My background is in music. I have a bachelors in music. I thought that I was going to be a composer, long ago when I first started. So it was amazingly fun to do those two routines in the film.” FirstsLongTwoFilmFunMusicalBackgroundsComposerLong AgoBachelors Author:Ivan Reitman
“I've always believed in populating my films with characters who we like, who we have some warmth for, who have warmth for each other, who we would like to hang out with, who we emulate in one way or another. It's not that they all get along, or that there aren't bad people or people we make fun of. But at the core, there's a kind of sweetness.” PeopleWayKindCharacterFilmFunCoreOne WayHanging OutWarmthSweetnessAlways BelieveBad PeopleEmulate Author:Ivan Reitman
“Then my first film was something called Cannibal Girls, which sounds like a horror movie but was actually kind of a goofy comedy with horror elements. Like a horror spoof.” FirstsKindFilmGirlSoundComedyHorrorElementsGoofyCannibalSpoof Author:Ivan Reitman
“My first student film was Orientation, which was basically the set-up for Animal House. There are a couple of scenes that we later borrowed in some form.” FirstsFilmFormHouseAnimalStudentsCoupleSceneBorrowedOrientation Author:Ivan Reitman
“I've always been a fan of science fiction films, and I've never been able to put my particular spin on it.” AbleFilmFictionFansParticularScience Fiction Author:Ivan Reitman
“I've always believed in populating my films with characters who we like, who we have some warmth for, who have warmth for each other, who we would like to hang out with, who we emulate in one way or another.” WayCharacterFilmOne WayHanging OutWarmthAlways BelieveEmulate Author:Ivan Reitman
