31 Harold Ramis Quotes for You to Enjoy

Harold Ramis

American Actor

Born: Nov 21, 1944

Died: Feb 24, 2014

Comedy Great Me People Work You

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How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood. Harold Ramis

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If the only ideas you had were your own, you'd be very limited. Harold Ramis

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Films are big hits when they touch a lot of people. Things are not funny in a vacuum, they're funny because we respond to some personal dislocation, some embarrassment, some humiliation, some pain we've suffered, or some desire we have. Harold Ramis

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I had a dream cast when Dan first went off and wrote 'Ghostbusters 3' by himself. It was so long ago that my dream cast was Ben Stiller, Chris Farley, and Chris Rock. That would have been cool. Now, a lot of time has passed, and there are a lot of young funny people. Harold Ramis

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If Chevy Chase had not been an actor, he might have been a very popular guy in advertising, or whatever field he would have gone into, because of his charisma. Harold Ramis

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There was a moment when we were casting 'Groundhog Day' when Bill Murray was not at the top of my list. He'd been getting crankier and crankier. By the end of 'Ghostbusters II', he was pretty cranky. I thought, 'Do I want to put up with this for twelve weeks?' Harold Ramis

As much as we'd like to believe that our work is great and that we're infallible, we're not. Hollywood movies are made for the audience. These are not small European art films we're making. Harold Ramis

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First and foremost, you have to make the movie for yourself. And that's not to say, to hell with everyone else, but what else have you got to go on but your own taste and judgment? Harold Ramis

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I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work. Harold Ramis

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I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport. Harold Ramis

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I never read Playboy before I started working there and stopped reading it the day I quit. Harold Ramis

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It's like the old rule-if you introduce a gun into the first act of a play, it's going to be used in the third act. So if you do a movie about criminals, you have to accept there's going to be Some action. Harold Ramis

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No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form. Harold Ramis

Matter Say Comedic Still Trying Form

The first comedy screenplay that I wrote was Animal House and I always thought I could and should be a director but no one was about to give me that opportunity on Animal House. Harold Ramis

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With both Caddyshack and Vacation, it's not like the subjects were serious enough that they engaged my interest for another round. I love the characters, and the actors were great, but I didn't see the need to make another Vacation movie. Harold Ramis

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You can't not have feelings about country clubs, whichever side you're on. Harold Ramis

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I always point out to my Passover guests that the Hebrews were not living in isolation. They were at the crossroads of several great, elaborate cultures with their own mythology and religion and art and architecture and cultural belief. In fact, so many of the mythologies of the world describe the same events, just from different points of view. Harold Ramis

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You probably can't name more than a handful of comedies that would qualify for Best Picture. I can think of a lot of comedy screenplays; Woody Allen has had numerous nominations for his screenplays. But most comedies are calculated. They tend to pander. They're not about anything important. Harold Ramis

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I can't imagine a successful comedy movie without a successful comedy performance at the heart of it. Harold Ramis

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'Analyze This' is a good movie because Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal are really good. But without the material to put on the play, of course, they couldn't be good. For me, it starts with the writing. I always think that the writer is doing the vast majority of the director's work, in a sense. Harold Ramis

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I really only worked for about a month on 'Meatballs.' What happened was that Ivan Reitman figured out that studios wanted to meet everybody involved with 'Animal House' except the producer. So he thought he'd better start directing. Harold Ramis

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Everybody has a Bill Murray story. He just punishes people for reasons they can't figure out. Harold Ramis

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I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form. Harold Ramis

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