Ivan Reitman Quotes
When you're working with movie stars, part of the deal is that, if they have something to say, you'd better listen. You don't have to absolutely listen and not talk, but there is another creative force at work, and to be successful working with movie stars, you have to bring that force to work for you. You have to find something that's comfortable for them, and at the same time, that's in the parameters of what you're trying to do yourself.
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What I do for a living is listen.
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I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English.
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Listen, I must be 110 by now. Granny is going to kick the bucket at some point.
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For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working.
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Probably Romania and China and Russia. I think they're all working really hard to beat us right now.
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I like to be left alone when I'm not working.
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I got a job as a human rights and refugees officer, working on youth-based projects. But I realized all the kids I was working with were far more into 'The Daily Show' than the policy briefings.
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After you do this for a while, you get used to things not working the way you want them to. There's a job you want, and you don't get it. There's a movie you'd like to get made, and it doesn't get made. You become inured to it.
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Pops played football for LSU. Ever since I can remember, I've been working with him running routes and stuff.
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I love the fact that little kids think I'm a witch. A mum might come over and say 'I'm sorry to disturb you, but my daughter thinks you're in 'Harry Potter.' I'll say 'That's cool' and take the kid aside and say, 'I'm a witch. If you don't listen to your mum, I'm going to haunt you!' It's brilliant. I can scare kids into doing their homework.
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I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.
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But, listen, Eddie Merkyx would have won six Tours if he hadn't been punched.
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I love working with kids and seeing the light come on when they realize they are smart. It's so beautiful to watch.
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I have teenagers, so I listen to a lot of music. They turn me on to great music.
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I love working with a lot of different films and a lot of different people.
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I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober.
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I don't even listen to music when I'm off tour.
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I don't even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.
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It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels.
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I think it'll help. There's nowhere else to eat but IHOP.
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When you're working with movie stars, part of the deal is that, if they have something to say, you'd better listen. You don't have to absolutely listen and not talk, but there is another creative force at work, and to be successful working with movie stars, you have to bring that force to work for you. You have to find something that's comfortable for them, and at the same time, that's in the parameters of what you're trying to do yourself.
