71 Quotes by Jonathan Levine

I have about 100 gigs of music, and I'm always going through thinking about what song I can match to a scene and all that.

Any time I hear certain songs I put in a movie, I have to not listen to them anymore because I associate them with that movie. They take on that association rather than the association I had when I first heard them. So it's kinda bittersweet to put a song in a movie, honestly.

If you know how to shoot a scene, then you know how to shoot an action scene. If you've seen an action movie, and you watched it, and you paid attention to how scenes are constructed and where the camera is and how the camera moves, then you know how to do it.

I really don't like when you see improv scenes go on too long. It really bothers me, even if the jokes are good.

I don't like being pigeonholed at all. It stemmed from after 'Mandy Lane': I was being offered all these horror movies. I love horror movies, but when I dreamed of being a director, it was always doing all sorts of things.

I feel like comedy is where I'm most at ease, but I also have an allergy to silly jokes.

As I continue to evolve as a filmmaker, I'm going to continue to do different stuff.

For me, the best high school movie is, like, 'Fast Times' and what Cameron Crowe is like.

'Warm Bodies' - I was contractually obligated to deliver a PG-13 movie. But, like, I wanted it to be PG-13 because it's for younger people, and I don't want them not to be able to see it. I mean, you have to kind of think about the marketplace as well.