Top 30 Ivan Reitman Quotes (2024 Update)

Ivan Reitman Quote: “I love horror and sci-fi.”

1. “I love horror and sci-fi.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “The home viewing experience is slightly different and there’s room for these kinds of extra excursions.”

2. “The home viewing experience is slightly different and there’s room for these kinds of extra excursions.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “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 area that is relatively outlandish.”

3. “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 area that is relatively outlandish.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “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.”

4. “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.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “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.”

5. “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.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “It’s been about 15 years, and I’ve never really worked seriously in CGI and I thought that here was an opportunity to do the kinds of things that I was not able to do on Ghostbusters.”

6. “It’s been about 15 years, and I’ve never really worked seriously in CGI and I thought that here was an opportunity to do the kinds of things that I was not able to do on Ghostbusters.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “We got some devastating reviews on Animal House at the start.”

7. “We got some devastating reviews on Animal House at the start.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “I think Junior is certainly a science fiction premise as is Twins, as is Dave, beyond Ghostbusters.”

8. “I think Junior is certainly a science fiction premise as is Twins, as is Dave, beyond Ghostbusters.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “I’d always been a science fiction enthusiast.”

9. “I’d always been a science fiction enthusiast.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “I remember when first, Stripes, and then Animal House came out – which I was really proud of, even though it was kind of loose and quite raucous – there were imitative movies that were not quite as good.”

10. “I remember when first, Stripes, and then Animal House came out – which I was really proud of, even though it was kind of loose and quite raucous – there were imitative movies that were not quite as good.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “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.”

11. “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.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “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.”

12. “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.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “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 delicate stitching.”

13. “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 delicate stitching.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “Well, actually, I did start out in comedies. Very, very early.”

14. “Well, actually, I did start out in comedies. Very, very early.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “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.”

15. “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.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “The hardest thing for everyone, for the writer, for the director and certainly for the actors, is not to panic when they’re doing a certain line for the tenth time because everything ceases to be funny after it’s been repeated.”

16. “The hardest thing for everyone, for the writer, for the director and certainly for the actors, is not to panic when they’re doing a certain line for the tenth time because everything ceases to be funny after it’s been repeated.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “Everybody says how hard comedy is, but, when it comes time to honor things, whether it’s on a weekly critical basis or whether it’s award time, at that time of the year, comedy is the poor, dumb child of dramatic work.”

17. “Everybody says how hard comedy is, but, when it comes time to honor things, whether it’s on a weekly critical basis or whether it’s award time, at that time of the year, comedy is the poor, dumb child of dramatic work.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “I’ve always been a fan of science fiction films, and I’ve never been able to put my particular spin on it.”

18. “I’ve always been a fan of science fiction films, and I’ve never been able to put my particular spin on it.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “I don’t think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with this, for better or for worse.”

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

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “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.”

20. “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.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “In a comedy it helps enhance things that were already there.”

21. “In a comedy it helps enhance things that were already there.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “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.”

22. “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.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “It’s sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you’re dealing with.”

23. “It’s sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you’re dealing with.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “Comedy is a very delicate business, especially comedies that sort of attempt to do things in an honest way and in a very naturalistic way the way that ‘No Strings Attached’ is.”

24. “Comedy is a very delicate business, especially comedies that sort of attempt to do things in an honest way and in a very naturalistic way the way that ‘No Strings Attached’ is.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “I believe that improvisation is really just a directorial tool. It’s a writing tool.”

25. “I believe that improvisation is really just a directorial tool. It’s a writing tool.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “We watch movies about all sorts of things that we don’t know anything about, but we do get caught up in the human drama.”

26. “We watch movies about all sorts of things that we don’t know anything about, but we do get caught up in the human drama.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I’ve worked with. And I’ve worked with all kinds of people who are known primarily for their dramatic work.”

27. “I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I’ve worked with. And I’ve worked with all kinds of people who are known primarily for their dramatic work.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “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, whatever pops into their head. It’s an opportunity to write the last draft of the screenplay as you’re working on it.”

28. “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, whatever pops into their head. It’s an opportunity to write the last draft of the screenplay as you’re working on it.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “Much of romantic relationships today have to do when the people are not in the same room. Whether it’s texting or e-mailing or Facebooking, there’s a kind of distance between the participants.”

29. “Much of romantic relationships today have to do when the people are not in the same room. Whether it’s texting or e-mailing or Facebooking, there’s a kind of distance between the participants.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “Also watching a movie on DVD is different than watching it in the theater.”

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

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “I always see things that I can improve. But frankly with Stripes, I’m surprised at how effective it is, even today, and how vibrant that movie is and how juicy the performances all are.”

31. “I always see things that I can improve. But frankly with Stripes, I’m surprised at how effective it is, even today, and how vibrant that movie is and how juicy the performances all are.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “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.”

32. “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.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “My sense is, I think it’s okay for directors to do movies that speak to other work in their career.”

33. “My sense is, I think it’s okay for directors to do movies that speak to other work in their career.”

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Ivan Reitman Quote: “I never like to do parodies. I never do. It’s just not my style of comedy.”

34. “I never like to do parodies. I never do. It’s just not my style of comedy.”

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