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

Quote by Harold Ramis

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Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.

Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.

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...

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...

As much as we'd like to believe that our work is great and that we're...

As much as we'd like to believe that our work is great and that we're...

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...

That's one of the great things about DVD: In addition to reaching people who didn't...

That's one of the great things about DVD: In addition to reaching people who didn't...

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

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

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...

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...

My job is to come up with something that you like and you agree with...

My job is to come up with something that you like and you agree with...

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...

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...

First and foremost, you have to make the movie for yourself. And that's not to...

First and foremost, you have to make the movie for yourself. And that's not to...

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.

Multiplicity was a movie that tested really well. People seeing the movie really liked it,...

Multiplicity was a movie that tested really well. People seeing the movie really liked it,...

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

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

I feel a big obligation to the audience, almost in a moral sense, to say...

I feel a big obligation to the audience, almost in a moral sense, to say...

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...

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...

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...