If you're doing six takes, instead of doing six variations on the same words, why not just throw out the words and… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
If people offer me decent roles in good films, of course I'll take it. But I just didn't like the actor lifestyle.… — 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
Somebody once told me that if you laugh at a George Bush joke, or you send an email cartoon to your friends… — 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'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
At a certain point, you have to convince the actors that you've done the right thing. The way I work, if I… — 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
If people work together, if they can keep a cooperative spirit and use their ingenuity and balance it all with good humor… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I have a great respect for the moviegoing experience. It's such a unique thing. You're not getting up and walking around the… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
Life has all of these contradictory feelings and contradictory results. People spend their whole lives struggling to get what they think they… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
Find the most talented person in the room and if it's not you, go stand next to him. Hang out with him.… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I always think that the writer is doing the vast majority of the director's work, in a sense. If you're a writer… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
You can't not have feelings about country clubs, whichever side you're on. — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules. — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
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 Image
