Harold Ramis quotes

Harold Ramis was an American actor, director, and writer, best known for his work in comedy films. Contributions to movies like "Ghostbusters," "Groundhog Day," and "Caddyshack" have left a lasting impact on popular culture. He is remembered as a talented creator whose humor shaped generations of audiences. Here are 41 of his quotes:

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. (Harold Ramis)
I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect. View quote
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How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood. View quote
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We are all several different people. There are different aspects of our nature that are competing. View quote
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We all wish we could be in more than one place at the same time. People with families feel guilty all the time-if we spend too much time with our family, we feel we're not working hard enough. View quote
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Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone. View quote
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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 really want? If you can answer those two, you probably can leave your neuroses behind you. View quote
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Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it. View quote
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The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie. View quote
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I'd like to think I'd never do a gratuitous fart joke. View quote
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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. (Harold Ramis)
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. View quote
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Whenever a critic mentions the salary of an actor, I'm thinking, He's not talking about the movie. View quote
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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. View quote
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Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny. View quote
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I never read Playboy before I started working there and stopped reading it the day I quit. View quote
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I'm not a believer in the pratfall. I don't think it's funny just to have someone fall down. View quote
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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. View quote
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I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport. View quote
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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? View quote
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It's like the old rule-if you introduce a gun into the first act of a play, it's going to be used in the third act. So if you do a movie about criminals, you have to accept there's going to be Some action. (Harold Ramis)
We were tremendously encouraged by the testing of Analyze That. Audiences loved it. They were telling us that they liked it as much as the original. We recorded the laughs in the theater. View quote
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I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work. View quote
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I used to be married to a woman who pursued every spiritual trend with tremendous passion and dragged me along. I don't believe in anything. I'd seen mediums and readers. View quote
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My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules. View quote
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Harold Ramis

Harold Ramis - Image
Photo: Justin Hoch photographing for Hudson Union Society, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Actor
Born: November 21, 1944
Died: February 24, 2014
Quotes count: 41