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

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

Harold Ramis quotes: I want to explore marriage without the usual Hallmark Card platitudes. Life is difficult, and I like movies that acknowledge that.

I want to explore marriage without the usual Hallmark Card platitudes. Life is difficult, and I like movies that acknowledge that.

Harold Ramis quotes: Stand-up is every man for himself; you learn from hanging out at these clubs and watching other guys, and then trying not to be like them.

Stand-up is every man for himself; you learn from hanging out at these clubs and watching other guys, and then trying not to be like them.

Harold Ramis quotes: The comic impulse is sometimes a reaction to sadness. You feel like you can make one choice or the other.

The comic impulse is sometimes a reaction to sadness. You feel like you can make one choice or the other.

Harold Ramis quotes: Just expressing contempt for your leaders doesn't really accomplish anything.

Just expressing contempt for your leaders doesn't really accomplish anything.

Harold Ramis quotes: I've always had that overweening desire to be liked by the audience.

I've always had that overweening desire to be liked by the audience.

Harold Ramis quotes: You don't have to know much, just a little bit more than everybody else.

You don't have to know much, just a little bit more than everybody else.

Harold Ramis quotes: You can perceive life as tragic, or you can laugh at the tragedy of it and that turns it into comedy. It doesn't change the circumstances.

You can perceive life as tragic, or you can laugh at the tragedy of it and that turns it into comedy. It doesn't change the circumstances.

Harold Ramis quotes: I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful.

I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful.

Harold Ramis quotes: The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie.

The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie.

Harold Ramis quotes: No one will laugh at how great things are for somebody.

No one will laugh at how great things are for somebody.

Harold Ramis quotes: Whenever a critic mentions the salary of an actor, I'm thinking, He's not talking about the movie.

Whenever a critic mentions the salary of an actor, I'm thinking, He's not talking about the movie.

Harold Ramis quotes: Some people have a fear of rejecting all the security that comes with family, church and state. They become fundamentalists.

Some people have a fear of rejecting all the security that comes with family, church and state. They become fundamentalists.

Harold Ramis quotes: I'd rather do comedies that strike at some bigger ideas.

I'd rather do comedies that strike at some bigger ideas.

Harold Ramis quotes: I'd like to think I'd never do a gratuitous fart joke.

I'd like to think I'd never do a gratuitous fart joke.

Harold Ramis quotes: You can't love somebody into a state of mental health.

You can't love somebody into a state of mental health.

Harold Ramis quotes: I think of myself as a real writer, not just someone who dabbles in it, so I deserve some credit.

I think of myself as a real writer, not just someone who dabbles in it, so I deserve some credit.

Harold Ramis quotes: Never hit anyone in anger, unless you're absolutely sure you can get away with it.

Never hit anyone in anger, unless you're absolutely sure you can get away with it.

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

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

Harold Ramis quotes: I have no trouble selling out - I'm a benevolent hack, in a certain way - but I want to pander for something I believe in.

I have no trouble selling out - I'm a benevolent hack, in a certain way - but I want to pander for something I believe in.

Harold Ramis quotes: Most people live somewhere on the spectrum of anxiety and depression.

Most people live somewhere on the spectrum of anxiety and depression.

Harold Ramis quotes: We are all several different people. There are different aspects of our nature that are competing.

We are all several different people. There are different aspects of our nature that are competing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Harold Ramis quotes: I'm sure that the liability for doing a tracheotomy would be tremendous. You make one mistake, and it's over. Most doctors won't even do it.

I'm sure that the liability for doing a tracheotomy would be tremendous. You make one mistake, and it's over. Most doctors won't even do it.

Harold Ramis quotes: I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect.

I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect.

Harold Ramis quotes: I met someone who said they'd figured out my genre: "madcap redemption comedy." I'll buy that.

I met someone who said they'd figured out my genre: "madcap redemption comedy." I'll buy that.

Harold Ramis quotes: Life doesn't care about your vision. You just gotta roll with it.

Life doesn't care about your vision. You just gotta roll with it.

Harold Ramis quotes: Where's the great pay? Where's the travel? Where's the Winnebago, Goddamnit!

Where's the great pay? Where's the travel? Where's the Winnebago, Goddamnit!

Harold Ramis quotes: For me, most comedy scripts fail in the mechanical playing-out of the setup. They'll pay lip service to a moral lesson or a psychological progression.

For me, most comedy scripts fail in the mechanical playing-out of the setup. They'll pay lip service to a moral lesson or a psychological progression.

Harold Ramis quotes: Comedy is essentially made by young men, or older men with some form of arrested development, for young men or immature older men.

Comedy is essentially made by young men, or older men with some form of arrested development, for young men or immature older men.

Harold Ramis quotes: Acting is all about big hair and funny props ... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props ... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

Harold Ramis quotes: I'm not a believer in the pratfall. I don't think it's funny just to have someone fall down.

I'm not a believer in the pratfall. I don't think it's funny just to have someone fall down.

Harold Ramis quotes: I collect spores, molds, and fungus

I collect spores, molds, and fungus

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

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

Harold Ramis quotes: I look for the meaning in what's funny, and I look for what's funny about things that are meaningful to me.

I look for the meaning in what's funny, and I look for what's funny about things that are meaningful to me.

Harold Ramis quotes: Parents tell us things to protect us, or they educate us from their own misinformation or misconceptions.

Parents tell us things to protect us, or they educate us from their own misinformation or misconceptions.

Harold Ramis quotes: Most comedy is not very ambitious. You probably can't name more than a handful of comedies that would qualify for Best Picture.

Most comedy is not very ambitious. You probably can't name more than a handful of comedies that would qualify for Best Picture.

Harold Ramis quotes: There's something very edgy about Bill Murray out there improvising.

There's something very edgy about Bill Murray out there improvising.

Harold Ramis quotes: My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.

Harold Ramis quotes: Once you're alienated, you're on your own. That takes you to the world of the existential, where things just kind of float.

Once you're alienated, you're on your own. That takes you to the world of the existential, where things just kind of float.

Harold Ramis quotes: The times change, and to the extent that comedy captures the spirit of the times, it will enjoy success.

The times change, and to the extent that comedy captures the spirit of the times, it will enjoy success.

Harold Ramis quotes: I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression.

I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression.

Harold Ramis quotes: Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage ... there's no telling him what's funny.

Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage ... there's no telling him what's funny.

Harold Ramis quotes: Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.

Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.

Harold Ramis quotes: I try to measure the amount of truth in a work rather than just looking at the generic distinction between comedy and drama.

I try to measure the amount of truth in a work rather than just looking at the generic distinction between comedy and drama.

Harold Ramis quotes: Most comedies are calculated. They tend to pander. They're not about anything important.

Most comedies are calculated. They tend to pander. They're not about anything important.

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

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