Sam Raimi Quotes

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Sam Raimi

Profession : Director

Birth : October 23, 1959

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.

Sam Raimi

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.

Sam Raimi

Every picture has been a learning opportunity for me.

Sam Raimi

I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.

Sam Raimi

That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are capable of.

Sam Raimi

I love cats. I've had cats as pets.

Sam Raimi

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.

Sam Raimi

I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.

Sam Raimi

I don't like shows, I don't like to put on a show, I just really want to work intimately with my actors.

Sam Raimi

I think she said I should seek help. Something like that, but it was in much cruder terms. And that I had a fascination with things coming out of people's mouths.

Sam Raimi

If a remake is not good, no one wants to see it and, again, it doesn't hurt the original.

Sam Raimi

I've always worked with a team of actors and filmmakers ever since I was a kid in Michigan making Super-8 movies.

Sam Raimi

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.

Sam Raimi

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.

Sam Raimi

I don't really approach stories to make them different from other stuff I've seen, I just try to get into the character, into his or her head. Try to make it as funny, as scary or as wild as I can so that I really like it.

Sam Raimi

R is for wussies if you're talking about blood and guts.

Sam Raimi

I don't like movies about serial killers, necessarily; it's too real and unpleasant for me.

Sam Raimi

I feel the horror audience is a great audience, and I would ideally make a movie that would give them as much energy as they're willing to give to the picture.

Sam Raimi

Some movies to me are like vampires - they suck all of the energy out of me and I don't like that. I like to give the audience energy if I can.

Sam Raimi

Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.

Sam Raimi