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Jason Reitman Quotes

Growing up the son of a director has made me very aware of the various turns that a directing career can take. Sometimes your films turn out exactly as you want. Sometimes they don't. I spent a lot of my childhood on sets. I think as a joke, my father gave me a line of dialogue in each of his films during the worst moments of my puberty.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: canadian
Birth: October 19, 1977

Topics

Father Son Childhood Me Growing Up

I have a very simple definition of a good movie: a good movie makes you forget you're watching a movie.

Good Simple You Forget Watching

If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than his secretary's. In fact a very small percentage of people in this country pay a big chunk of the taxes.

Michael Bloomberg

Money People Small Country Tax Pay

That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man.

Beautiful Great Time Man Wise Say

I am not comparing myself to great artists, but when you see conceptual artists at work, on some level it's reassuring to know they can paint figuratively. Likewise, when you listen to the '50s jazz people who do these vast solos, you buy into it more if they open by playing a tune.

Work Great Myself I Am People You

Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.

Good Painting Looks Sculpture Kind

I don't know if I'm truly at home in any language.

Home Language Know Any Truly

I definitely felt awkward and I didn't fit in. Other than that, I'm learning that everyone felt that way: even the popular girls.

Learning Way Everyone Awkward Even

I bought a year's production of flax from a single field owned by a Dutch producer. That's 10,000 kilograms of flax, enough to enable industrial level production. Now, I'm weaving it into tablecloths, tea towels, and other items at the Textile Museum in Tilburg. I'm producing hundreds of grown-up products!

Christien Meindertsma

Tea Enough Year Museum Now Single

All these fifty-year-old guys wearing baseball caps and shorts and acting like children. It winds me up. Men don't have to take responsibility anymore. Most of the guys I know would punch me on the nose for saying this, but maybe we do have to bring back conscription.

Children Responsibility Men Baseball

I grew up in Austria, and for me real comfort food is Wiener Schnitzel. Wiener Schnitzel and mashed potatoes because it reminds me of my youth... It reminds me when I grow up and it feels very comforting.

Food Me Youth Grow Comfort Grow Up

I use Logic or Reason and a midi keyboard for beats. If it's gonna have all live instruments in it, I'll probably use Pro Tools and have the band lay stuff down.

Live Tools Logic Down Band Reason

I can never think about, 'Is this going to sell? Is this going to work on radio?' I just have to get in the zone where I'm like, 'Do I love this, or do I not love this?' Essentially it all comes down to that.

Work Love Think Down I Can Never

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