229 Quotes by Harold Ramis

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    If people offer me decent roles in good films, of course I'll take it. But I just didn't like the actor lifestyle. You end up focusing all your energy on trying to get parts you don't even want.

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    Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.

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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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    There's a personal story of my own that I will write at some point, and it's a film that I will happily make. It could very well be the next thing I do, unless someone shows me something great.

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    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 helpful.

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    First and foremost, you have to make the movie for yourself. And that's not to say, to hell with everyone else, but what else have you got to go on but your own taste and judgment?

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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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    I never read Playboy before I started working there and stopped reading it the day I quit.

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    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 the tragedy of it all. It's seeing life in balance. Comedy and tragedy co-exist. You can't have one without the other. I'm of the school that anything can be funny, if seen from a comedic point of view.

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