You can't love somebody into a state of mental health. A lot of people get into serious relationships thinking they're going to… — 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
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
When you grow up in Chicago, your whole family is counting on you to go to college and do something distinguished. The… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a real writer, not just someone who dabbles in it, so I deserve some credit. — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
The child says, "Well geesh, the institutions that I'm supposed to respect - the church and the government - they're telling me… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I'm not a believer in the pratfall. I don't think it's funny just to have someone fall down. — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
I think satire is a luxury of literate middle-class people. People who are well fed and relatively secure in their beds can… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
Whenever a critic mentions the salary of an actor, I'm thinking, He's not talking about the movie. — 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
Whatever bliss we think we're going to find, we may find it in brief flashes, fleeting moments that come and go. There's… — 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
The comic edge of Ghostbusters will always be the same. It's still treating the supernatural with a totally mundane sensibility. In the… — 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
