Sam Raimi Quotes & Sayings

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

I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I really would like another chance except I'd be too embarrassed to ever really try to do them again and no one would want to see the same movie just done differently. — Sam Raimi

Well it's always been an element of the horror film to show us the gross out. I mean that's one option for all filmmakers making a horror film and it's not something I've found myself above either. — Sam Raimi

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

I love cats. I've had cats as pets. — Sam Raimi

My father told me to dress to reflect the respect you have for the people around you. I've never forgotten that. — Sam Raimi

I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise. — Sam Raimi

Nowadays everyone's got the nose rings and the colored hair, so for me to wear the suit and tie is a different way to go. — Sam Raimi

I used to get headaches in 3D movies, and I didn't want the movie to give people headaches. — Sam Raimi

I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it. — Sam Raimi

Rob [Tapert], myself and Bruce Campbell sat in hundreds of drive-insnot hundreds, but tens of drive-ins, watching these movies and learning how they were made, and we started to make our own in Super 8. And that's really how we got into horror films. After a while we learned to really like them, and the craft that went into them. — 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

Go ahead and run! Run home and cry to mama! — Sam Raimi

I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound. — Sam Raimi

Every picture has been a learning opportunity for me. — Sam Raimi

I've always loved ... actually I didn't always love horror films. I started out and I only liked comedies and dramas. — 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

I had a reporter ask me what it was like to have my best years over so soon. It stayed with me. — Sam Raimi

Money opens up wonderful worlds of possibilities. — 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

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

The domination of one's spirit and mind is not a pretty thing, but I think it happens. — Sam Raimi

I like a good mono track, it's right up front. I don't need all the surrounds telling me there are birds in the neighbourhood. — 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

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

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

It's lovely being a producer. It's really a lot of fun and I can learn a lot. — Sam Raimi

Every filmmaker knows that when you make a book into a movie, the first thing you have to do is kill the book, unfortunately. You've got to recreate it. — 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

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

Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book. — 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'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 like movies about serial killers, necessarily; it's too real and unpleasant for me. — Sam Raimi

As I began making my feature films, it was a great adventure. It was about constructing something I saw in my head or I had designed on storyboards and capturing that on film. — Sam Raimi