71 Quotes by Jonathan Levine

Usually, the kills are almost Wile E. Coyote kind of things in horror movies.

'Warm Bodies' was a more long-term thing; I had to write the script, who knew if it was every really going to happen, if I'd find the right actors, and so on, so I grabbed '50/50' because I just fell in love with it.

Every charge they brought against me was bogus. The police don't like me and wanted me to leave town. I have done nothing but help the community.

I used to obsess on critical reactions to my films, and it's really not a healthy way to live your life, so my new take on it is simply, 'I hope people like it!' I'm not going to be looking at the tomato meter for at least a year! I was very lucky on '50/50' that most critics really liked it.

I've been a huge fan of Hal Ashby forever. And I think that the distinctive thing about 'Coming Home' is the love story, and how - kind of emotionally real it is, and how these two characters allow each other to see their - kind of vulnerabilities. And it's great because it's a love story that's not really that cheesy, either.

As a director, there's no natural career progression. So after 'The Wackness,' which was very personal to me, I was very, very picky about what I was going to do next, to the point where I think that I was almost too picky.

It's rare that movies can sort of capture the tone of life; movies always feel like they have to be one thing or another.

I want the police to acknowledge that what they did was wrong. They need to explain to the community why they did this to me.

After that came out in the paper, they wanted me gone, they wanted to get rid of me.