I feel a big obligation to the audience, almost in a moral sense, to say something useful. If I'm going to spend a year of my life on these things, I want something that I feel that strongly about.

Quote by Harold Ramis

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How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood

How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood

Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's...

Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's...

My first few films were institutional comedies, and you're on pretty safe ground when you're...

My first few films were institutional comedies, and you're on pretty safe ground when you're...

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

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

I never read Playboy before I started working there and stopped reading it the day...

I never read Playboy before I started working there and stopped reading it the day...

I'd like to think I'd never do a gratuitous fart joke.

I'd like to think I'd never do a gratuitous fart joke.

You just make sure you don't screw it up. It's going to work as long...

You just make sure you don't screw it up. It's going to work as long...

We all wish we could be in more than one place at the same time....

We all wish we could be in more than one place at the same time....

I used to be married to a woman who pursued every spiritual trend with tremendous...

I used to be married to a woman who pursued every spiritual trend with tremendous...

I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good...

I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good...

You can't not have feelings about country clubs, whichever side you're on.

You can't not have feelings about country clubs, whichever side you're on.

A psychologist said to me, there are only two important questions you have to ask...

A psychologist said to me, there are only two important questions you have to ask...

With both Caddyshack and Vacation, it's not like the subjects were serious enough that they...

With both Caddyshack and Vacation, it's not like the subjects were serious enough that they...

We were tremendously encouraged by the testing of Analyze That. Audiences loved it. They were...

We were tremendously encouraged by the testing of Analyze That. Audiences loved it. They were...

The first comedy screenplay that I wrote was Animal House and I always thought I...

The first comedy screenplay that I wrote was Animal House and I always thought I...

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone...

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone...

There's a personal story of my own that I will write at some point, and...

There's a personal story of my own that I will write at some point, and...

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it....

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it....

We are all several different people. There are different aspects of our nature that are...

We are all several different people. There are different aspects of our nature that are...

No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic...

No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic...