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.

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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.

Ivan Reitman

The home viewing experience is slightly different and there's room for these kinds of extra excursions.

Ivan Reitman

I think Junior is certainly a science fiction premise as is Twins, as is Dave, beyond Ghostbusters.

Ivan Reitman

It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.

Ivan Reitman

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 Reitman

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.

Ivan Reitman

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.

Ivan Reitman

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.

Ivan Reitman

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.

Ivan Reitman

Well, actually, I did start out in comedies. Very, very early.

Ivan Reitman

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.

Ivan Reitman

My sense is, I think it's okay for directors to do movies that speak to other work in their career.

Ivan Reitman

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.

Ivan Reitman

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.

Ivan Reitman

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.

Ivan Reitman

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.

Ivan Reitman

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.

Ivan Reitman

Also watching a movie on DVD is different than watching it in the theater.

Ivan Reitman

I've always been a fan of science fiction films, and I've never been able to put my particular spin on it.

Ivan Reitman

I don't think my sense of humor has changed at all; I was born with this, for better or for worse.

Ivan Reitman

I love horror and sci-fi.

Ivan Reitman

We got some devastating reviews on Animal House at the start.

Ivan Reitman

In a comedy it helps enhance things that were already there.

Ivan Reitman

I never like to do parodies. I never do. It's just not my style of comedy.

Ivan Reitman

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.

Ivan Reitman

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.

Ivan Reitman

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.

Ivan Reitman

I'd always been a science fiction enthusiast.

Ivan Reitman

I love my DSL, but I love my WiFi more. And I probably get on the Internet 40 percent to 50 percent more because of the combination of those technologies.

Michael K. Powell

I was stuck at home in bed with me and got more and more involved with the Internet. I used it to keep in contact with friends and to make sure I was up to date with everything that was going on in the world.

Benjamin Cohen

There's a statistical theory that if you gave a million monkeys typewriters and set them to work, they'd eventually come up with the complete works of Shakespeare. Thanks to the Internet, we now know this isn't true.

Ian Hart

Five or ten years ago, when it was clear the Internet was becoming a mainstream phenomenon, it was equally clear that a lot of people were being left out and could be left behind.

Steve Case

I got sick and tired of my lady wearing ugly underwear to bed, so I turned to the Internet.

John Wilson

At the bottom, the elimination of spyware and the preservation of privacy for the consumer are critical goals if the Internet is to remain safe and reliable and credible.

Cliff Stearns

In my column series "The Main Thing," I often talk about how Internet technology can improve the way people communicate - both within a business and between a business and its customers and partners.

Jim Barksdale

The Internet is not just one thing, it's a collection of things - of numerous communications networks that all speak the same digital language.

Jim Clark

I don't know much about the internet, I'm afraid.

James Marsters

Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have spent a minimum of one hour actually accomplishing a specific task while on line.

Andy Grove

The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.

Peter Drucker

Those involved in the program are interested in how to use photography, videos, the Internet, film, and anything related to communications and transmission of information in the most up-to-date modern ways.

Major Owens

There are some scary statistics out there: one in five kids aged 10-17 have received a sexual solicitation or approach via the Internet.

Mark Kennedy

When I get back from this book tour, I'm planning to learn the internet. Maybe I can hook up in cyberspace.

Armistead Maupin

You can browse to your heart's content but it's hard work and not easy on the feet unless you do it through catalogs or the Internet, and I like to touch and try on the things I buy.

Judith Krantz

I'm a babe in the woods when it comes to the Internet.

Peter Benchley

I read on the Internet that I was dead.

Fiona Apple

We are going after a targeted group of businesses that are creating opportunities for themselves using other people's property. The Internet has very little to do with this.

Hilary Rosen

The Internet makes it possible for people like me to live the way I do now. Without it, I'd have to be in New York or some other city. I think the Internet is the greatest invention in history after antibiotics.

Jane Haddam

With over 1 billion users and counting worldwide, the Internet has quickly become a critical place for individuals, business communities and governments to share and distribute information.

Robin Hayes