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Most people live somewhere on the spectrum of anxiety and depression.

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Harold Ramis
Age: 69 †
Born: 1944
Born: November 21
Died: 2014
Died: February 24
Actor
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Director
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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Television Actor
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Chicago
Illinois
Harold Allen Ramis
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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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If you're doing six takes, instead of doing six variations on the same words, why not just throw out the words and make them up as you go along, if you're comfortable with it? It gives the movies a slightly rangier feeling, and more of an accidental feel, but it also makes them edgier.
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