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" 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
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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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" 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'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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" 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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" 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 love Jamaica so much. I've been there so much, and I think it would be great if we could shoot a movie there. "
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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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" 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'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. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" On '50/50,' even though it was 8 million dollars, it was all acting-intensive. "
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" For me, the best high school movie is, like, 'Fast Times' and what Cameron Crowe is like. "
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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. "
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" I was Paul Schrader's assistant for six months before I went to film school, and he's very much about knowing what's going to happen on every page before you even start writing dialogue - the entire plot and character arcs are mapped out. "
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" To me, using music is creating a shorthand with an audience. And I love music so much. "
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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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" I kind of viewed '50/ 50' and 'Warm Bodies' both as my next films after 'The Wackness.' In my head, I was just like, 'I'll try the big, fun, adventure-weird movie, and I'll do the small, heartfelt comedy-drama, and one of them will probably work out, and I'll get to work more.' "
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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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" 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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" Zombies have always had a lot of built-in social commentary. "
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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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" '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 I'm always conscious of not letting things fit into a specific box. Being a filmmaker and trying to chart a career, you never want anyone to be able to pigeonhole you into one specific thing. "
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" 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. "
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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 used to drive a convertible around L.A. a lot. "
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