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

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

I was there when Sam Raimi showed Stan Lee the first cut of the first Spider-Man movie. I was on a couch next to Stan, watching how special effects had finally caught up to his imagination. It was insane. And I'm thinking, "He had to wait until he was 80 years old for that to happen." When they announced Powers and Jessica Jones, I thought, "Oh, that's nice!" — Brian Michael Bendis

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 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 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

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

I didn't know why I was coming to this room. Someone just told me to go to Sam Raimi's office. I knew that I uniquely had the comics version of his job, which was to take Spider-Man and put him into the modern day. But I thought, "Maybe he wants to tell me to cut it out." So I come in, it's in his office, and then Stan Lee comes in, and I'd only ever met Stan as a fan, not as a professional. And then they sit us down on a couch, and roll in an AV cart with a TV on it and go, "We're going to show you the first cut of Spider-Man." — Brian Michael Bendis

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

A true dreamer must be prepared to make any sacrifice for his dream. Even if it means sacrificing himself. The dream must be everything. (The Cardinal to Capac Raimi) — Darren Shan

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

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

I think it's good for the fans, as well, because they get to connect with you directly. You know, in the old days, if I wanted to, like, write to (Steven) Spielberg or Sam Raimi or whatever, I'm not sure I could actually write a fan mail and (I'd) have no idea where to actually send it. Nowadays, you can just, like, follow Ashton (Kutcher who still has among the most followers on Twitter) or, like, friend someone, you know, on Facebook, and you can actually just say, "Hey, I like your stuff." — James Wan

Money opens up wonderful worlds of possibilities. — 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

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

Clearly, the works of John Carpenter and Sam Raimi are front and center here. Argento is definitely there. But even stuff like the 'Friday the 13th' movies had quite an influence on me growing up. — Drew Goddard

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

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

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

You have to ignore risks, put your brain on hold and follow your instincts, even when your head insists you do otherwise. Sometimes you got burned. I've signed many times. Roasted once or twice. You have to live with the fire. Because if you start thinking too much or playing safe, you're lost to its wondrous charms forever. You become part of the real world again, the mundane, the ordinary, from where there's no escape. (The Cardinal to Capac Raimi) — Darren Shan

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 never met Sam Raimi in my whole life. — Jane Levy

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

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

As a kid, my idols were Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson, and I get into crazy races with myself. Raimi was 21 when he made movies, and when I didn't get 'Cabin Fever' made that fast I thought I'd failed. — Eli Roth

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

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

This has been one seriously fucked-up day, huh? (Wren)
You might say that. This morning it was 2005 in New Orleans, I was staring at you wondering what it would be like to have the ability to change into a tiger. Now it's the day before I enter the world in 1981 and I can turn into a tiger. Yeah, just your average day...if you're in a Ted Raimi production. (Maggie) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

I think if you look at Sam Raimi and Jim Cameron, those guys know things about filmmaking that almost nobody knows anymore. They are students of film from when they handmade films themselves, you know cut films with their own hands and razor blades and tape. — Dileep Rao

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