Sam Raimi
Sam Raimi
Samuel M "Sam" Raimiis 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 trilogyand the 1990 superhero film Darkman. His most recent work is 2013's Disney fantasy film Oz the Great and Powerful...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth23 October 1959
CityRoyal Oak, MI
CountryUnited States of America
direct list
I said to my agent, 'Is there any way I can get on the list to direct this thing?
analysis asking audience critical hold moments speak start untrained weird
When you make the audience the critic, though, when you start asking them to speak about the film, all these weird moments that are way out of the ordinary, that we do a lot of in our pictures, they don't hold up to critical analysis from an untrained professional critic very well.
people criticism praise
I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise.
drama comedy horror
I've always loved... actually I didn't always love horror films. I started out and I only liked comedies and dramas.
crafts film horror
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.
want actors shows
I don't like shows, I don't like to put on a show, I just really want to work intimately with my actors.
thinking mind spirit
The domination of one's spirit and mind is not a pretty thing, but I think it happens.
firsts cameras film
I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.
people obsessed critical
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.
thinking trying another-chance
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.
opportunity has-beens
Every picture has been a learning opportunity for me.
students film i-realized
I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.
way stories heroic
That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are capable of.
hair ties different
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.