Movies either work or they don't work and they're either funny or they're not and we work very hard. To achieve that kind of work is really kind of delicate stitching.
Ivan Reitman

My first student film was Orientation, which was basically the set-up for Animal House. There are a couple of scenes that we later borrowed in some form.
Ivan Reitman

My sense is, I think it's okay for directors to do movies that speak to other work in their career.
Ivan Reitman

The home viewing experience is slightly different and there's room for these kinds of extra excursions.
Ivan Reitman

Then my first film was something called Cannibal Girls, which sounds like a horror movie but was actually kind of a goofy comedy with horror elements. Like a horror spoof.
Ivan Reitman

We got some devastating reviews on Animal House at the start.
Ivan Reitman

Well, actually, I did start out in comedies. Very, very early.
Ivan Reitman

When you have a performer as talented as Bill Murray or as Harold, that can write as well as they can perform, you can do a final draft on the set if you think of it that way.
Ivan Reitman