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Sam Raimi [1959-0] American

Rank: 104
Director, Film director

Samuel M "Sam" Raimi is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor, famous for creating the cult horror Evil Dead series, as well as directing the original Spider-Man trilogy and the 1990 superhero film Darkman.

Movies, Courage, Dreams, Funny, Future, Imagination, Strength

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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.	Imagination, Movies	101
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.	Dreams, Future	102
I don't like movies about serial killers, necessarily; it's too real and unpleasant for me.	Movies	103
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.	Courage, Strength	104
That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are capable of.		105
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.	Funny	106
I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.	Movies	107
If a remake is not good, no one wants to see it and, again, it doesn't hurt the original.		108
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.		109
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.		110
I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.		111
Money opens up wonderful worlds of possibilities.		112
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.		113
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.		114
I love cats. I've had cats as pets.		115
I've always loved... actually I didn't always love horror films. I started out and I only liked comedies and dramas.		116
I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise.		117
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.		118
I don't like shows, I don't like to put on a show, I just really want to work intimately with my actors.		119
I've always worked with a team of actors and filmmakers ever since I was a kid in Michigan making Super-8 movies.		120
R is for wussies if you're talking about blood and guts.		121
Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.		122
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.		123
Every picture has been a learning opportunity for me.		124
It's lovely being a producer. It's really a lot of fun and I can learn a lot.		125
I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.		126
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.		201
I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.		202
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.		203
I had a reporter ask me what it was like to have my best years over so soon. It stayed with me.		204
My father told me to dress to reflect the respect you have for the people around you. I've never forgotten that.		205
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.		206

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