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.
Ivan ReitmanIt's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.
Ivan ReitmanI think Junior is certainly a science fiction premise as is Twins, as is Dave, beyond Ghostbusters.
Ivan ReitmanMy sense is, I think it's okay for directors to do movies that speak to other work in their career.
Ivan ReitmanI think if people want to see pure sex in the movie, they have the Internet and the extraordinary things are available.
Ivan ReitmanThere's been an amazing backlash for the last decade in America: political correctness. 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. But traditional Hollywood has been much more frightened than it ever was in the '70s about presenting things that could be perceived as politically incorrect.
Ivan Reitman