Quotes by Ivan Reitman

Ivan Reitman

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.

Humor

Long

Real

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

Different

Dvds

Theater

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.

Comedy

Strings Attached

Way

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.

Awards

Children

Years

Evolution .. Just the right formula of science and comedy may get moviegoers through the door.

Comedy

Doors

May

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.

Juicy

Stripes

Today

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.

Actors

Bills

People

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

Believe

Tools

Writing

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.

Believe

Opportunity

Writing

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.

One Step At A Time

Reality

Steps

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Caught

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Children

Comedy

Couple

Creative

Different

Directors

Distance

Doors

Drama

Dvds

Elements

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Fiction

Film

Firsts

Fun

Girl

Helping

Home

Horror

House

Humor

Important

Juicy

Juniors

Kind

Lines

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May

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Quotes by Ivan Reitman

Ivan Reitman

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.

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

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.

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.

Evolution .. Just the right formula of science and comedy may get moviegoers through the door.

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 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.

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

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.

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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