Movies either work or they don't work and they're either funny or they're not and we work very hard. To achieve that kind of work is really kind of d…

- 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 li…

- Ivan Reitman

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 acc…

- Ivan Reitman

I call it like the domino theory of reality. If you can go one step at a time and it seems to make sense, you can then take your audience into an are…

- Ivan Reitman

Also watching a movie on DVD is different than watching it in the theater.

- Ivan Reitman

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 become…

- 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 li…

- Ivan Reitman

I believe that improvisation is really just a directorial tool. It's a writing tool. It's not so much that the actors get to say whatever they want, …

- Ivan Reitman

I don't think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with this, for better or for worse.

- Ivan Reitman