“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
“It seemed like so much of romantic relationships today have to do when the people are not in the same room. Whether it's texting or emailing or Facebooking, there's a kind of distance between the participants. I think it's sort of shifted the energy of that first romantic meeting, where it's quicker, perhaps more desperate, more energetic, in a whole different way, and it's resulted in a situation where people seem to be sometimes more comfortable having a sexual relationship than an emotional one.” PeopleThinkingWayFirstsKindDifferentSometimesWholeSeemsTodayEnergyRoomsSituationEmotionalComfortableDistanceMeetingsDifferent WaysDesperateEnergeticParticipantsTextingRomantic Relationship Author:Ivan Reitman
“I think if people want to see pure sex in the movie, they have the Internet and the extraordinary things are available.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantSexInternetPureExtraordinaryAvailableExtraordinary Things 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
“I think Junior is certainly a science fiction premise as is Twins, as is Dave, beyond Ghostbusters.” ThinkingFictionScience FictionTwinsJuniorsPremisesDave Author:Ivan Reitman
“I don't think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with this, for better or for worse.” ThinkingHumorBornChangedSense Of Humor Author:Ivan Reitman
“I don't think there will be another Ghostbusters. I think we're all too old to do it. I think we've done it a couple times and there is not that much to get out of it, to do that would be fresh in it.” ThinkingDoneWould BeCouple Author:Ivan Reitman
“My sense is, I think it's okay for directors to do movies that speak to other work in their career.” ThinkingSpeakCareersDirectorsOkayMovie Author:Ivan Reitman
