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Ivan Reitman [1946-0] Canadian

Rank: 101
Actor, Film producer

Ivan Reitman, OC is a Slovak-Canadian film producer and director, best known for his comedy work, especially in the 1980s and 1990s. He is the owner of The Montecito Picture Company, founded in 2000.

Humor, Science

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I think Junior is certainly a science fiction premise as is Twins, as is Dave, beyond Ghostbusters.	Science	101
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.		102
Then my first film was something called Cannibal Girls, which sounds like a horror movie but was actually kind of a goofy comedy with horror elements. Like a horror spoof.		103
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.		104
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.		105
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.		106
I don't think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with this, for better or for worse.	Humor	107
I'd always been a science fiction enthusiast.		108
I'm not sure I agree with the thesis, because I think that even though something grotesque or gross has been part of film since way back, what we accept or what we can get away with on the screen is broader now.		109
It's been about 15 years, and I've never really worked seriously in CGI and I thought that here was an opportunity to do the kinds of things that I was not able to do on Ghostbusters.		110
When you have a performer as talented as Bill Murray or as Harold, that can write as well as they can perform, you can do a final draft on the set if you think of it that way.		111
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	112
Also watching a movie on DVD is different than watching it in the theater.		113
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.		114
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.		115
I don't think there will be another Ghostbusters. I think we're all too old to do it. I think we've done it a couple times and there is not that much to get out of it, to do that would be fresh in it.		116
I love horror and sci-fi.		117
I never like to do parodies. I never do. It's just not my style of comedy.		118
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.		119
I've always been a fan of science fiction films, and I've never been able to put my particular spin on it.		120
I've always believed in populating my films with characters who we like, who we have some warmth for, who have warmth for each other, who we would like to hang out with, who we emulate in one way or another.		121
In a comedy it helps enhance things that were already there.		122
It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.		123
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.		124
My sense is, I think it's okay for directors to do movies that speak to other work in their career.		125
The home viewing experience is slightly different and there's room for these kinds of extra excursions.		126
We got some devastating reviews on Animal House at the start.		201
Well, actually, I did start out in comedies. Very, very early.		202

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