Harold Ramis Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work.”

“I believe things happen that can't be explained, but so many people seem intent on explaining them. Everyone has an answer for them. Either aliens or things from the spirit world.”

“My first few films were institutional comedies, and you're on pretty safe ground when you're dealing with an institution that vast numbers of people have experienced: college, summer camp, the military, the country club.”

“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.”

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

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

“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?”

“The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie.”

“The first comedy screenplay that I wrote was Animal House and I always thought I could and should be a director but no one was about to give me that opportunity on Animal House.”

“You just make sure you don't screw it up. It's going to work as long as you don't mess it up. Hopefully you have plenty of those moments in a big comedy.”