Sam Raimi
Sam Raimi
Samuel M "Sam" Raimiis an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor, famous for creating the cult horror Evil Dead series, as well as directing the original Spider-Man trilogyand the 1990 superhero film Darkman. His most recent work is 2013's Disney fantasy film Oz the Great and Powerful...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth23 October 1959
CityRoyal Oak, MI
CountryUnited States of America
way stories heroic
That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are capable of.
cat pet
I love cats. I've had cats as pets.
thinking track sound
I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound,
mother dream grandma
I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true.
people obsessed critical
I'm too obsessed that the people who say critical things about me are right, even though I'm getting to do something I love.
years best-year ask-me
I had a reporter ask me what it was like to have my best years over so soon. It stayed with me.
hurt want remakes
If a remake is not good, no one wants to see it and, again, it doesn't hurt the original.
team kids actors
I've always worked with a team of actors and filmmakers ever since I was a kid in Michigan making Super-8 movies.
mother brother littles
You know, I put my little brother in the movies and he's still in the pictures. My mother makes me put him in the pictures.
real serial-killer killers
I don't like movies about serial killers, necessarily; it's too real and unpleasant for me.
opportunity has-beens
Every picture has been a learning opportunity for me.
imagination stories use
I like something where I can really use my imagination and be an active participant in the construction of the monster and usually that's in the world of the supernatural or the world of the fantastic, so that's why those kinds of stories about demons and the supernatural appeal to me or maybe I'm really interested in that subject.
want actors shows
I don't like shows, I don't like to put on a show, I just really want to work intimately with my actors.
hero journey quality
When we read stories of heroes, we identify with them. We take the journey with them. We see how the obstacles almost overcome them. We see how they grow as human beings or gain qualities or show great qualities of strength and courage and with them, we grow in some small way.