I feel a big obligation to the audience, almost in a moral sense, to say something useful. If I'm going to spend… — 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
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 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 Copy Share Image
A psychologist said to me, there are only two important questions you have to ask yourself. What do you really feel? And,… — 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
I want to explore marriage without the usual Hallmark Card platitudes. Life is difficult, and I like movies that acknowledge that. — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
As an actor, you're completely at the mercy of other people. You basically go begging for the opportunity to work. As a… — 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'm a writer-director-actor, which I've always kind of enjoyed. I compared it to the Olympic biathlon. "Not only can he cross-country ski,… — 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
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
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
