When you're a big enough part of the process that the Writers Guild gives you a lot of credit, that's a good thing. It tells me that I've had a significant impact on the film as a writer. Harold Ramis More Quotes by Harold Ramis More Quotes From Harold Ramis I'm not a believer in the pratfall. I don't think it's funny just to have someone fall down. Harold Ramis falling-down fall thinking 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? Harold Ramis taste-and-judgment goes-on firsts My only conclusion about structure is that nothing works if you don't have interesting characters and a good story to tell. Harold Ramis stories character interesting The child says, "Well geesh, the institutions that I'm supposed to respect - the church and the government - they're telling me things that don't appear to be true. Either I'm crazy or they're crazy." That creates the Absurd Child. The Absurd Child is one who says, "Well, I think they're crazy." So you live in this state of alienation from your culture and your society and your family because you see this rampant bullshit around you. Harold Ramis crazy children thinking Where's the great pay? Where's the travel? Where's the Winnebago, Goddamnit! Harold Ramis money pay 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. Harold Ramis testing theater laughing I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport. Harold Ramis rapport candy fun I collect spores, molds, and fungus. Harold Ramis fungi mold 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. Harold Ramis agreement play jobs Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny. Harold Ramis laughing people years I never read Playboy before I started working there and stopped reading it the day I quit. Harold Ramis playboy quitting reading Whenever a critic mentions the salary of an actor, I'm thinking, He's not talking about the movie. Harold Ramis salary talking thinking Parents tell us things to protect us, or they educate us from their own misinformation or misconceptions. Harold Ramis misinformation protect parent 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. Harold Ramis wish work people We are all several different people. There are different aspects of our nature that are competing. Harold Ramis aspect different people I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought. Harold Ramis busters rational capacity You can perceive life as tragic, or you can laugh at the tragedy of it and that turns it into comedy. It doesn't change the circumstances. Harold Ramis comedy tragedy laughing With both Caddyshack and Vacation, it's not like the subjects were serious enough that they engaged my interest for another round. I love the characters, and the actors were great, but I didn't see the need to make another Vacation movie. Harold Ramis vacation serious character That's one of the great things about DVD: In addition to reaching people who didn't catch the movie in theaters, you get to have this interaction of sorts. Harold Ramis reaching dvds people Multiplicity was a movie that tested really well. People seeing the movie really liked it, but then the studio couldn't market it. We opened on a weekend with nine other films. Harold Ramis weekend nine people
