Roger Ebert
Related I never apologized for anything in my life. The only thing I'm sorry about is putting a curse on... VINCENT GALLO I think reviewers have become particularly venomous because, in a way, the power has been sucked fro... TODD PHILLIPS You're only as good as what you've been. You can't rely on the past. BILLY BUTLER LAURENCE FISHBURNE It's more like can I build a group of characters and can I tell some universal truths that feel ... CAMERON CROWE GEORGE A. ROMERO We had to postpone them a week because (film critic) Roger Ebert wanted them to appear on his televi... LEE WARREN If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain... FEDE ALVAREZ I think journalists and filmmakers are keen observers. And actors must also be sharp observers as th... PAT MITCHELL JEFF GREENFIELD Television's so quick, and there's so many other fun elements to it, but you don't get s... LYDIA LEONARD I'm from a normal household. I haven't always had millions to spend on creams and clothes. I... ABBEY CLANCY ROGER EBERT ISABEL ALLENDE There's a reason people use CGI: it's cheaper and faster. I hate that. FEDE ALVAREZ Two of my sons are themselves filmmakers, and we can't afford them nor they us. They work in the... D. A. PENNEBAKER MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY BILL PLYMPTON JAMES WOLCOTT BILL KURTIS TOM PETTY DANIEL RADCLIFFE CHELSEA HANDLER This is all about producing energy in such a way that it liberates people. Most people think large-s... GORAN JOVANOVIC I do like to play the darker characters; I don't really know why. ZULEIKHA ROBINSON I think about 'The Simpsons,' which has been going on for 25 years. Homer is still in his la... TED NAIFEH ROGER EBERT When you're guest-starring on another show, it really requires you to jump through hoops in a wa... KIM DICKENS DARLENE LOVE As a reporter, going around, you hear stories you can't prove, which means you can't put the... PETE HAMILL England has a long history of supporting alternative medicine - maybe it's because they don'... DASHA ZHUKOVA CARLOS GHOSN QUENTIN TARANTINO JEREMY RENNER Once the world has been created, the fantasy author still has to bring the story's characters to... TONY BRADMAN KIM CATTRALL Audiences like both savory and unsavory characters, and [even] unsavory elements can be attractive. ... AARON ECKHART Meeting all the other filmmakers has been such a blessing, SCOTT RICE BENJAMIN NETANYAHU With thrillers, there's such a fine line between what's good and what's cheesy and corny... OLIVIA D'ABO We know each other pretty well because the juniors and current seniors have been playing together si... JARED THOMPSON IRVINE WELSH Of all of them, I just -- maybe because I know them, but I think 'N Sync has -- can maybe transcend ... JOEY MCINTYRE SUZANNE COLLINS GEORGINA CHAPMAN TATIANA MASLANY If you're not loyal to your team, you can get by for a while, but eventually you will need to re... TIM SCHAFER My Mom and Dad did it pretty good, so I know it can work. The foremost thing I would say about worki... NICK CASSAVETES AMITABH BACHCHAN In Mexico, there are good filmmakers, but they didn't always have the opportunity to show their ... ADRIANA BARRAZA Twitter and social media have so changed the game for filmmakers, but especially for artists. It shr... GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD KEN FOLLETT MITCH HEDBERG Comedy is so fun. I don't know how these people can make movies and work on them for four months... COLLEEN HASKELL KATHERINE KELLY BILL BURR LUKE EVANS We’re big veggie eaters and even though the grocery store might be cheaper on some things, we like... JOHN BAUER SHY GLIZZY ROBERT BADEN-POWELL I've accepted I can't rely on my work alone; I must market myself. The truly spectacular rol... EMBETH DAVIDTZ Raising children is like a hit and run. You've been hit, you can't flag the person down, you... GEORGE NEWBERN From what I've read, everyone has a claim on Merlin. Was he Scottish, Welsh, English or even Fre... COLIN MORGAN YAYOI KUSAMA When someone recognises you or wants an interview, you think, 'You know, maybe I've done som... ANA IVANOVIC If someone doesn't know their Old Testament, they don't know right doctrine, right correctio... RANDALL TERRY I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES People like rich applications on their desktop, and there is no reason why you can't have both a... JASON CALACANIS I just want to work with good filmmakers and do good projects that mean something to me and play int... DYLAN O'BRIEN I just want to work with good filmmakers and do good projects that mean something to me and play int... DYLAN O'BRIEN This is the problem of history. We cannot know that which we were not there to see and hear and expe... YAA GYASI RIHANNA I tend to like writing long stories in comics. I worked on 'Flash,' 'Teen Titans' an... GEOFF JOHNS I think it's definitely beneficial for these characters to have good acting voices behind them a... TARA STRONG I think there are certain tenets set in place for all different types on genres. For thrillers, wome... KATIE ASELTON SAMUEL BECKETT DAVID FRIEDMAN I know we feel an added level of responsibility, and it's important for us not to let that convert i... AUGIE GARRIDO LEO FITZPATRICK BARBARA WALTERS I know it's good when I see a smaller film get recognized because it means more publicity for th... CAMPBELL SCOTT Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. Tha... D. J. MACHALE STEVIE NICKS One of my biggest pet peeves is that I just don't like it when characters do things that are fun... GLENN HOWERTON Feelings such as loneliness, longing or love are sometimes hard to put into words; maybe that's ... AGNES OBEL I said you lie, knave!” shouted Beaumains, drawing his sword. “And for telling such craven false... GERALD MORRIS I can't understand why anyone would want nuclear warheads. If you shoot them off, it's not l... RICK YUNE ISABEL ALLENDE JON MEACHAM AVA DUVERNAY SHANIA TWAIN GEORGE R. R. MARTIN I see people who work on their look and they work on their poster and their website and you know, th... KAKI KING If you have a success in your life, why can't we hold on to that? Why can't that be good eno... JAKE PALTROW A movie like 'The Apartment' is beautifully directed, but you can't put your finger on w... JOHN HAMBURG ALEC BALDWIN I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can onl... DICK WOLF LAUREN OLIVER I can't imagine what it's like to go through life without shoes to protect your feet, and ye... 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ROGER ROGER ALEX EBERT ALEX EBERT ALEX EBERT If they don't see that evidence, it may well regenerate the case for a further rate hike. CRAIG EBERT The presumption that inflation will naturally recede to the middle of the target band seems a courag... CRAIG EBERT The market dynamics at the time we were considering those cases distorted the market and resulted in... DAN EBERT The market dynamics at the time (that) we were considering those cases distorted the market and resu... DAN EBERT It's not an environment to be seriously thinking about cutting interest rates. The economy is going ... CRAIG EBERT Forget the interpretations of recession. We're still talking about a relatively stretched economy. T... CRAIG EBERT At the time those decisions were being made here in Wisconsin, they made absolute economic sense. DAN EBERT There's been a definite negative turn in sentiment toward the kiwi. This reflects all those macroeco... CRAIG EBERT Without democracy there is no freedom. Violence, no matter who is using it, is always reactionary. FRIEDRICH EBERT Freedom and Justice are twin sisters. FRIEDRICH EBERT The first thing we need to do is understand how big the problem is. We know the costs have escalated... DAN EBERT Yes, rates have absolutely gone up this year and it's been very frustrating for me as a commissioner... DAN EBERT There's no doubt that the turning point is more obvious now and the signs of a further slowdown are ... CRAIG EBERT There is much on the horizon to support household incomes, which may well prevent the slowdown the R... CRAIG EBERT It's very hard to describe an economy with the lowest unemployment rate in the world as in recession... CRAIG EBERT Wage inflation works with a lag and is going to stay high. It's hard to get too bearish about the ou... CRAIG EBERT We think it's one of the best statements from the bank in a long time. It states the case pretty cle... 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Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't s... 
When we made 'Night of the Living Dead,' we got riddled. There was this famous article Roger... 
For millions, Roger Ebert will be remembered as a writer and television personality who brought a se... 
Every great film should seem new every time you see it."
All summer, I read fiction because you must read for the pleasure and beauty of it, and not only for... 
I love Los Angeles, and it's been very good to me, but if everyone is running around telling the... 
I don't see why it's such a stretch for distributors, buyers, and studios to put cartoon cha... 
What's happening to movie critics is no different from what has been meted out to book, dance, t... 
We know Roger Ebert loved the 'Sun-Times' and his career as a newspaper columnist. But ironi... 
It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied wi... 
That's why I don't understand why actors become arrogant and are completely unapproachable -... 
You look at, like, a 'People' magazine, which used to be a really good, you know, nice magaz... 
Many thrillers follow such reliable formulas that you can look at what's happening and guess how... 
I get such joy out of performing for people, and you can tell whether they like you or they don'... 
I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me... 
CGI has fully ruined car crashes. Because how can you be impressed with them now? When you watch the... 
I lived by the candlelight for two years because I couldn't afford power. It was nice and romant... 
Looking good has never been the most important thing to me. Maybe it's because I'm more conv... 
I don't think you can rely on Iran. I don't think you can rely on other radicals like the Ta... 
Boxing gives you such a good workout, although I've stopped sparring. When your hand speed goes,... 
All the writing elements are the same. You need to tell a good story... You've got good characte... 
I read a lot of thrillers because they're easy reading and I'm not a great flier. They take ... 
I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it'... 
The amount of things I have been through and the remarkable ways in which the body has reacted is ju... 
Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative... 
I like refried beans. That's why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they're just as good... 
I can't imagine soaps will ever stop, because people will always watch as long as they have grea... 
Like most comics, I tried to come up with a sitcom idea that was based around my life. And it didn&#... 
For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that you don'... 
I don't know rap. I can't tell you a Tupac song. But you put on some go-go, and I'll kno... 
You may be rich, but there is one thing you can't afford - that is, if you are a good sort - you... 
When I paint, some things come out, and I don't know. Maybe it's because I have such talent ... 
Everybody has their thing they like or don't like to see. It's all in your head. That's ... 
Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on... 
I don't like to produce albums. I hate producing albums, as a matter of fact, because I'm an... 
I met Roger Ebert at an independent-film awards or something. And he said, 'When I saw you just ... 
Because there are so many shows on and because I've been so hands-on - I've had a piece on a... 
I am pretty fearless, and you know why? Because I don't handle fear very well; I'm not a goo... 
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Filmmakers need to realize that their job isn't done when they lock picture. We must see our fil... 
So many people bare their midriffs, I don't know why mine is such an issue. 
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I try to give the music more of a campfire feel as opposed to a library atmosphere. I like when you ... 
It took me a long time to be alright with smiling onstage. 
At its best, a live show is completely transcendent. The image I get is breaking through glass or sh... 
Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and wee... 
For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics. 
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Plush velvet conjures up kings and opulence. 
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For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. His hearer's... 
I never liked guns, I hate them, I always blink before they go off. 
The reality of life is that your perceptions -- right or wrong -- influence everything else you do... 
When wearing a trench coat, you're allowed to act like Humphrey Bogart when he was detective Sam... 
To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do. 
Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it. 
Anything that you do to increase job security automatically does work for you. It makes your employe... 
It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience. 
By experience we find out a shorter way by a long wandering.
Learning teacheth more in one year th... 
Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve 
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You win not by chance, but by preparation. 
You hit home runs not by chance but by preparation.