When youre young, you want to make every kind of film: musicals, Westerns, horror. Slowly you begin to hear your own voice. I hope people receive what I do as small, personal films that are somewhat contrarian about their main characters. – Jason Reitman
Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You dont think of it as just movies, but as a life. – Jason Reitman
Selfishness, narcissism, being uncomfortable in your own skin, not feeling connected to the world around you, feeling dislocated from family and youth, having a strange relationship with your childhood – all those things feel really true to me. – Jason Reitman
Ive been very, very lucky in my career, in my life – from day one. When aspiring directors say, Whats your advice? first I say, Be born the son of a famous director. Its invaluable. – Jason Reitman