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I never read Playboy before I started working there and stopped reading it the day I quit.
— Harold Ramis
I want to explore marriage without the usual Hallmark Card platitudes. Life is difficult, and I like movies that acknowledge that.
— Harold Ramis
The comic impulse is sometimes a reaction to sadness. You feel like you can make one choice or the other.
— Harold Ramis
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
No one will laugh at how great things are for somebody.
— Harold Ramis
Whenever a critic mentions the salary of an actor, I'm thinking, He's not talking about the movie.
— Harold Ramis
Some people have a fear of rejecting all the security that comes with family, church and state. They become fundamentalists.
— Harold Ramis
I'd rather do comedies that strike at some bigger ideas.
— Harold Ramis
I'd like to think I'd never do a gratuitous fart joke.
— Harold Ramis
You can't love somebody into a state of mental health.
— Harold Ramis
I think of myself as a real writer, not just someone who dabbles in it, so I deserve some credit.
— Harold Ramis
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
We are all several different people. There are different aspects of our nature that are competing.
— Harold Ramis
I can't imagine a successful comedy movie without a successful comedy performance at the heart of it.
— Harold Ramis
I met someone who said they'd figured out my genre: "madcap redemption comedy." I'll buy that.
— Harold Ramis
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
Acting is all about big hair and funny props ... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.
— Harold Ramis
I'm not a believer in the pratfall. I don't think it's funny just to have someone fall down.
— Harold Ramis
I collect spores, molds, and fungus
— Harold Ramis
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
Parents tell us things to protect us, or they educate us from their own misinformation or misconceptions.
— Harold Ramis
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
My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.
— Harold Ramis
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
The times change, and to the extent that comedy captures the spirit of the times, it will enjoy success.
— Harold Ramis
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
Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.
— Harold Ramis
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
Most comedies are calculated. They tend to pander. They're not about anything important.
— Harold Ramis
