Harold ramis

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

I never work just to work. It's some combination of laziness and self-respect.

I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful.

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.

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?

I'm not a believer in the pratfall. I don't think it's funny just to have someone fall down.

There's a personal story of my own that I will write at some point, and it's a film that I will happily make. It could very well be the next thing I do, unless someone shows me something great.

Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny.

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...

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