“[With comedy and wanting to make people laugh,] when you're a child, all you want is ANY kind of laugh. You get them to laugh, and great! - you've succeeded. And then it's "How FAST can I get them to laugh?" "How LONG can I get them to laugh?", "How HARD can I get them to laugh?". And then it becomes: "Can I laugh at something that makes them uncomfortable?", "Can I get them to laugh at something that challenges their beliefs?”

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.