“I laugh a lot in horror films. If I'm scared in a horror film, I try to think about what's scaring me... particularly, if it's a bad movie, but something they're doing still works. It's the same way I look at comedy. I've always had an intellectual view of comedy, and what makes people laugh, and how does it work.”

Canadian and American filmmaker

Jason Reitman is a Canadian and American filmmaker best known for directing films such as Thank You for Smoking, Juno, Up in the Air, Young Adult, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and Saturday Night. He has received a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe, and four Academy Award nominations, including two for Best Director. The son of director Ivan Reitman, he is also known for frequent collaborations with screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Gil Kenan.