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I never read Playboy before I started working there and stopped reading it the day I quit.
Harold Ramis
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Harold Ramis
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: November 21
Died: 2014
Died: February 24
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Harold Allen Ramis
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I'm thinking of doing a marital comedy for one of the studios, but I want it to be so painful that it'll have a profound effect on married couples who see it together.
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Just expressing contempt for your leaders doesn't really accomplish anything.
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I'm sure that the liability for doing a tracheotomy would be tremendous. You make one mistake, and it's over. Most doctors won't even do it.
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No one will laugh at how great things are for somebody.
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Somebody once told me that if you laugh at a George Bush joke, or you send an email cartoon to your friends that makes Bush look like a fool, you feel like you've done something significant. But really, what have you actually done? Just expressing contempt for your leaders doesn't really accomplish anything.
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Most people live somewhere on the spectrum of anxiety and depression.
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You can't not have feelings about country clubs, whichever side you're on.
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As much as I liked acting for its playfulness and the reward of hearing big laughs wash over you on a stage, I always felt I should do something that I could control.
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I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful.
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I can't imagine a successful comedy movie without a successful comedy performance at the heart of it.
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Never hit anyone in anger, unless you're absolutely sure you can get away with it.
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My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.
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My only conclusion about structure is that nothing works if you don't have interesting characters and a good story to tell.
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Films are big hits when they touch a lot of people. Things are not funny in a vacuum, they're funny because we respond to some personal dislocation, some embarrassment, some humiliation, some pain we've suffered, or some desire we have.
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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 not be doing my job correctly.
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I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression.
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If Chevy Chase had not been an actor, he might have been a very popular guy in advertising or whatever field he would have gone into, because of his charisma.
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I loved writing and performing, but the idea of doing it for a living seemed so remote. But I eventually let it devolve to the point where it was the only thing I could do.
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I have tons of rescuing fantasies based on the movies I saw when I was growing up. I wanted to be Robin Hood and the Three Musketeers and the Scarlet Pimpernel.
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