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" I definitely think New York is a very, very vibrant, wonderful city, but I certainly, of course, can't help but miss a lot of the stuff that's no longer there. "
Jonathan Levine
New York
New
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" On '50/50,' even though it was 8 million dollars, it was all acting-intensive. "
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" Zombies have always had a lot of built-in social commentary. "
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" 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. "
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" I learned some big lessons on my first film, a horror film which was never released in the U.S., even though we sold it to Harvey Weinstein for a lot of money. "
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" I think it's cyclical. Zombies have been around for ages, and vampires have run their course; we've had so many vampire movies. "
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" I really like using genre to tell a story about characters but also use it as a Trojan horse to tell social or cultural commentary. That's where the best stuff, especially in the zombie genre, comes out of. "
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" I like to branch out as much as I can, but I feel like the movies that are closest to my heart are 'The Wackness' and '50/50' - the ones that are dramedies that have that human element to them. "
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" 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. "
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Action
You
Know
" That's the great thing about being a director. You have your list of things you have to worry about and things you don't have to worry about. If you can hire someone or cast someone who equates to not having to worry about, it's great! "
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Great
Worry
You
" I don't often watch something I've done on TV. Usually, I'll change the channel and watch something else. "
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Change
Done
" For me, the best high school movie is, like, 'Fast Times' and what Cameron Crowe is like. "
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Fast
School
Me
" 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. "
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Song
Thinking
Music
" For me, I just value my friendships so much. I mean, I love my family, too, but my friends - I have a really special connection with my friends. "
Jonathan Levine
Family
Value
Mean
" I like a pretty relaxed, fun set. Everyone knows they can bring whoever they want and hang out. "
Jonathan Levine
Pretty
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" I think that's the great thing about zombies, is, you know, going back to even 'Night of the Living Dead,' they've always been a tool for kind of holding up a mirror to us and showing us something about ourselves that we might not otherwise know. "
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You
Think
Mirror
" I was intimidated by Malkovich for, like, a couple of days, and then I wasn't. He's awesome. He's so cool. He was so wonderful to work with. "
Jonathan Levine
Awesome
Like
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" I really don't like when you see improv scenes go on too long. It really bothers me, even if the jokes are good. "
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You
See
Good
" After 'Mandy Lane,' I didn't really know what to do because I didn't know anyone who'd made a feature yet. "
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After
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Made
" As I continue to evolve as a filmmaker, I'm going to continue to do different stuff. "
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" '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. "
Jonathan Levine
People
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Want
" Do I wish I was Martin Scorsese? Yeah. But am I really proud of the movies I've made and really happy that I get to keep making them? Yes. "
Jonathan Levine
Proud
Happy
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" I've had a couple of family members deal with cancer, and I remember that moment where they're going into surgery, and you just have no idea what's going to happen, and it's really scary. "
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Moment
Scary
You
" To me, using music is creating a shorthand with an audience. And I love music so much. "
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" I definitely think for up and coming filmmakers, people graduating from film school, people that want to do their own movies, horror movies are a great way to go. "
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Great
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" I'm a writer and director. And the movie I've seen a million times is 'Coming Home,' directed by Hal Ashby and starring Jon Voight, Jane Fonda and Bruce Dern. "
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Home
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" I grew up with Woody Allen and early Spike Lee movies in which New York was such a specific character. The city has a certain vibe and beat which really informs your entire existence. "
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" 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. "
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" I think Giuliani started a trend that Bloomberg continued with rampant gentrification, and I think it's tough because why would any city choose not to do that? "
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