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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. "

Jonathan Levine

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" 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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" 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. "

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" I just think a lot of movies are too long. I want to know how to make my movie as tight as possible. "

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

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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'm always walking around with headphones on, creating my own soundtracks to whatever the day is. I think I have a poppy sensibility. "

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" On '50/50,' even though it was 8 million dollars, it was all acting-intensive. "

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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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" My first real television-watching experience was when I watched 'L.A. Law,' like, at 10 o'clock Thursday nights with my parents. They would let me stay up late. "

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" I really hope everyone who saw 'Twilight' sees 'Warm Bodies,' but at the same time... I don't resent the comparison on a level of quality because I don't judge other movies like that. Now that I make movies, I see how hard it is to do everything. I pretty much love all movies. "

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" 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. "

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" 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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" 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 used to drive a convertible around L.A. a lot. "

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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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" Zombies have always had a lot of built-in social commentary. "

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" 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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" I always look at myself as kind of a work in progress. I hope that's not always the case. But for me, every film is a learning experience. "

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

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

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" As a director, your expectation and reality don't always match up, and I think that that's... I think it's a little jarring. "

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" The way 'Coming Home' uses music in general is incredible, but the final song that really kind of crescendos all of the emotion that the whole movie has kind of been building to is this song called 'Once I Was' by Tim Buckley. "

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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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" 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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" '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. "

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" I think people will always want to go see a movie, whether it's a comedy and you want to see it and laugh with people, or whatever. "

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" I like a pretty relaxed, fun set. Everyone knows they can bring whoever they want and hang out. "

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