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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. "
Jonathan Levine
Run
Vampires
Movies
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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? "
Jonathan Levine
Started
Tough
City
" 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. "
Jonathan Levine
Writer
Home
Hal
" 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! "
Jonathan Levine
Great
Worry
You
" After 'Mandy Lane,' I didn't really know what to do because I didn't know anyone who'd made a feature yet. "
Jonathan Levine
After
Really
Made
" 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. "
Jonathan Levine
Horror
Doing
Always
" For me, it's always more interesting to look at things when you don't really have a horse in the race, so to speak. "
Jonathan Levine
Me
Look
Speak
" 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. "
Jonathan Levine
Learning
Work
Myself
" 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. "
Jonathan Levine
Kind
Home
Think
" I have a cameo in every movie. In '50/50,' I'm in the back of the bus. "
Jonathan Levine
Bus
Movie
Back
" '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
You
Want
" I was actually shooting 'Warm Bodies' on the day that '50/50' came out, which I don't recommend to other filmmakers because I was sort of a wreck. Actually, it was good for me, because I had work to do, so I couldn't obsess all day and be checking how '50/50' was doing! "
Jonathan Levine
Good
Doing
Warm
" To me, using music is creating a shorthand with an audience. And I love music so much. "
Jonathan Levine
Love
Me
Music
" I'm always walking around with headphones on, creating my own soundtracks to whatever the day is. I think I have a poppy sensibility. "
Jonathan Levine
Day
Creating
Think
" 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. "
Jonathan Levine
Movies
Capture
Always
" 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. "
Jonathan Levine
Action
You
Know
" Right after 'The Wackness' came out, it was a really exciting time, and then it was a bit disappointing when it came out. Even though not that many people saw it, I was still getting offered some movies. I was thinking that people would just stop calling me since it didn't do very well at the box office. "
Jonathan Levine
Me
Movies
People
" 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
Work
" 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. "
Jonathan Levine
Up
Reality
Director
" Usually, the kills are almost Wile E. Coyote kind of things in horror movies. "
Jonathan Levine
Movies
Horror
Horror Movies
" 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
Bring
Like
" I feel like comedy is where I'm most at ease, but I also have an allergy to silly jokes. "
Jonathan Levine
Like
Silly
Jokes
" 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. "
Jonathan Levine
Great
Movies
Think
" 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. "
Jonathan Levine
Horse
Like
Story
" 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. "
Jonathan Levine
Never
Big
Film
" 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. "
Jonathan Levine
I Can
Like
Movies
" There's so often - in filmmaking, you're backed into something that already has these set parameters, whether it's a sequel or a book that people love. "
Jonathan Levine
Love
Set
Book
" For whatever reason, the films I gravitate towards do have these strange sort of tonal balances to them... I kind of realized on '50/ 50' why I liked these blending of tones, because I think it's kind of what life is like: funny one minute, sad the next, scary the next. "
Jonathan Levine
Strange
Think
Sad
" 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
I Wish
" There are things that I can tell my friends that I just can't tell my family, just as far as how I'm feeling about things. My friends know me the best in a certain way. I just think old friends are really, really important. "
Jonathan Levine
Old Friends
Me
Family