Harold Ramis
Harold Ramis
Harold Allen Ramiswas an American actor, director, writer, and comedian. His best-known film acting roles were as Egon Spengler in Ghostbustersand Ghostbusters IIand Russell Ziskey in Stripes; he also co-wrote those films. As a writer-director, his films include the comedies Caddyshack, National Lampoon's Vacation, Groundhog Day, and Analyze This. Ramis was the original head writer of the television series SCTV, on which he also performed, and he was one of three screenwriters of the film National Lampoon's Animal House...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth21 November 1944
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
Comedy is essentially made by young men, or older men with some form of arrested development, for young men or immature older men.
When someone's an actor and you're an actor, you meet them and you feel like you know them. We're in the same business, and we all speak the same comedy language.
I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression.
The times change, and to the extent that comedy captures the spirit of the times, it will enjoy success.
I try to measure the amount of truth in a work rather than just looking at the generic distinction between comedy and drama.
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.
I can't imagine a successful comedy movie without a successful comedy performance at the heart of it.
I met someone who said they'd figured out my genre: "madcap redemption comedy." I'll buy that.
Most comedy is not very ambitious. You probably can't name more than a handful of comedies that would qualify for Best Picture.
Most comedies are calculated. They tend to pander. They're not about anything important.
I'd rather do comedies that strike at some bigger ideas.
I've never been a big believer in ghosts or the spirit world, and for me, that was part of the point of the movie, ... What the 'Ghostbusters' represented was the triumph of human courage and human ingenuity. People create their own monsters. Our fears come from within us, not outside.
Plus I'm not so sure Bill was wildly enthusiastic about putting the suit on again,
As much as we'd like to believe that our work is great and that we're infallible, we're not. Hollywood movies are made for the audience. These are not small European art films we're making.