American - Director | October 23, 1959 -
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
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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.
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I love cats. I've had cats as pets.
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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.
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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.
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I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.
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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.
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I don't like shows, I don't like to put on a show, I just really want to work intimately with my actors.
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I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.
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That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are capable of.
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If a remake is not good, no one wants to see it and, again, it doesn't hurt the original.
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I've always worked with a team of actors and filmmakers ever since I was a kid in Michigan making Super-8 movies.
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