Quotes from Ivan Reitman

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

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.

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.

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.

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

I'd always been a science fiction enthusiast.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.