“The real trick for me as a director is to make sure that people don't start pushing because the harder you push as a perform the less funny it becomes.” PeopleRealDirectorsHarderTricksPushing Author:Ivan Reitman
“There's been an amazing backlash for the last decade in America: political correctness. In many ways, I think that, while we've been remarkably violent in our media, there's been a real schizophrenia. In private, on the Internet, and on public-affairs shows or talk radio, we're way more explicit than we've ever been. But traditional Hollywood has been much more frightened than it ever was in the '70s about presenting things that could be perceived as politically incorrect.” ThinkingWayHas BeensRealShowsLastsAmericaPoliticalMediaInternetHollywoodAffairRadioDecadesViolentTraditionalFrightenedPolitical CorrectnessPresentingCorrectnessSchizophreniaExplicitBacklashPublic AffairsTalk Radio Author:Ivan Reitman
“A good actor is someone who knows how to take the part and make it real and make it honest and be effective in it. If it's in a funny movie and, as long as they are cast in an appropriate way, humor will come from it.” IfsKnowsWayLongRealHumorActorsKnow HowHonestCastsAppropriateGood Actors Author:Ivan Reitman