Jason Reitman Quotes
I've been very, very lucky in my career, in my life - from day one. When aspiring directors say, 'What's your advice?' first I say, 'Be born the son of a famous director. It's invaluable.'
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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I'm the kind of person whose clothes are all hung up and color-coordinated, to the point where my whites don't touch my creams.
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But I think we need the international market.
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
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Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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The bonds we create in the household are the most important and lasting. Savor them; they're sacred.
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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Unfortunately, 'chick flick' has become a term to describe most movies that I don't even like. They're these movies that, yes, have women in them but they really don't reflect who women are, and there's something kind of silly or shallow or gossipy about them.
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I made nothing happen very slowly.
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I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government.
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I really hate drama. It's draining; it's mentally draining. It's a waste of time.
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If we do everything right, the best we can do is live out our potential with as little age-related disease and disability as possible.
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Football games on Friday nights followed by field parties every weekend was how I spent my high school years.
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I'm not looking for pity, I'm really not, but I'm constantly uneasy and every day it is pretty much like getting up and going to war. Once I shift into the mindset of 'Yeah, you're alive. It's tough. Let's do what we can today,' it's easier.
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I enjoyed living in Canada, where my husband comes from, because I was treated like any ordinary person. I became a volunteer at my children's school; I went into the classroom. It was very grounding. I got sick of being famous.
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I get asked sometimes 'What's the highlight of my career?' because I've been doing it for so long, and I always have a hard time coming up with something, because so many good things have happened.
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By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth.
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So I became a producer because I knew one of the reasons was they didn't do them the way I thought was right.
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I've been very, very lucky in my career, in my life - from day one. When aspiring directors say, 'What's your advice?' first I say, 'Be born the son of a famous director. It's invaluable.'
