I can't imagine a successful comedy movie without a successful comedy performance at the heart of it. — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
The times change, and to the extent that comedy captures the spirit of the times, it will enjoy success. — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
Most comedies are calculated. They tend to pander. They're not about anything important. — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression. — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I met someone who said they'd figured out my genre: "madcap redemption comedy." I'll buy that. — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
Comedy is essentially made by young men, or older men with some form of arrested development, for young men or immature older… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I'm thinking of doing a marital comedy for one of the studios, but I want it to be so painful that it'll… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Stand-up is every man for himself; you learn from hanging out at these clubs and watching other guys, and then trying not… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I had developed a survival skill of using my wit to score for myself. If a scene was dying, I'd lob in… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
You can perceive life as tragic, or you can laugh at the tragedy of it and that turns it into comedy. It… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
You just make sure you don't screw it up. It's going to work as long as you don't mess it up. Hopefully… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
For me, most comedy scripts fail in the mechanical playing-out of the setup. They'll pay lip service to a moral lesson or… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
Everyone has experienced laughing at a funeral, and not even inappropriately. It could be a response to a moment of absurdity or… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
A friend of mine is trying to do a documentary where he brings Jewish and Arab comedians to occupied territories in Israel.… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression. I try to measure the amount of truth in a work rather… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I've tried to stay away from mild satire. I want an audience to feel something more powerful for their ten bucks. If… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
Well, for me, it's the relationship between comedy and life - that's the edge I live on, and maybe it's my protection… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I did a comedy with Al Franken about his character Stuart Smalley, which was really about alcoholism and addiction and codependency. It… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I try to measure the amount of truth in a work rather than just looking at the generic distinction between comedy and… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
The first comedy screenplay that I wrote was Animal House and I always thought I could and should be a director but… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
Groundhog Day was pretty clean. It may have to do with some puritanical feeling that comedy is a forbidden pleasure in a… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
When someone's an actor and you're an actor, you meet them and you feel like you know them. We're in the same… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
Somebody once told me that if you laugh at a George Bush joke, or you send an email cartoon to your friends that makes… — Harold Ramis Copy Share
I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression. I try to measure the amount of truth in a work rather than just… — Harold Ramis Copy Share
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… — Harold Ramis Copy Share
That's one of the great things about DVD: In addition to reaching people who didn't catch the movie in theaters, you get to have… — Harold Ramis Copy Share
It doesn't take any longer to improvise 10 takes than it takes to shoot 10 takes of the same thing. It turns out to… — Harold Ramis Copy Share
As much as I liked acting for its playfulness and the reward of hearing big laughs wash over you on a stage, I always… — Harold Ramis Copy Share
I've never taken a script to the stage or to principal photography and said, "This is perfect. This is as good as it can… — Harold Ramis Copy Share
I realized that my righteous indignation was a form of entertainment for me. I loved getting pissed off at injustice. I didn't do anything… — Harold Ramis Copy Share
My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules. — Harold Ramis Copy Share
I made a handshake agreement with my best friend in college, Michael Shamberg, who is now a movie producer. We used to write shows… — Harold Ramis Copy Share
The trick with sequels is, you have to give people what they liked before, yet be innovative enough so they don't feel like they're… — Harold Ramis Copy Share
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 Copy Share
