Harold Ramis Quotes

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• A psychologist said to me, there are only two important questions you have to ask yourself. What do you really feel? And, what do you…
• Where's the great pay? Where's the travel? Where's the Winnebago, Goddamnit!
• If people work together, if they can keep a cooperative spirit and use their ingenuity and balance it all with good humor and good will,…
• Find the most talented person in the room and if it's not you, go stand next to him. Hang out with him. try to be…
• How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood.
• Never hit anyone in anger, unless you're absolutely sure you can get away with it.
• I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful.
• I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work.
• I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport.
• Ive never been a big believer in ghosts or the spirit world, and for me, that was part of the point of the movie, ...…
• I collect spores, molds, and fungus
• 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.
• Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest - people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in Chicago, and what…
• Well, for me, it's the relationship between comedy and life - that's the edge I live on, and maybe it's my protection against looking at…
• My job is to come up with something that you like and you agree with that you would play wholeheartedly. If we disagree, I may…
• My only conclusion about structure is that nothing works if you don't have interesting characters and a good story to tell.
• Multiplicity was a movie that tested really well. People seeing the movie really liked it, but then the studio couldn't market it. We opened on…
• I'm not a believer in the pratfall. I don't think it's funny just to have someone fall down.
• Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.
• No one will laugh at how great things are for somebody.

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