Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebertwas an American film critic and historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, Ebert became the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. As of 2010, his reviews were syndicated to more than 200 newspapers in the United States and abroad. Ebert also published more than 20 books and dozens of collected reviews...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth18 June 1942
CityUrbana, IL
CountryUnited States of America
A truly strong woman will choose a stong man who disagrees with her over a weak one who goes along.
I am, beneath everything else, a fan. I was fixed in this mode as a young boy and am awed by people who take the risks of performance.
There are no guarantees. But there is also nothing to fear. We come from oblivion when we are born. We return to oblivion when we die. The astonishing thing is this period of in-between.
We must try to contribute joy to the world.
I was born inside the movie of my life. The visuals were before me, the audio surrounded me, the plot unfolded inevitably but not necessarily. I don't remember how I got into the movie, but it continues to entertain me.
Because we are human, because we are bound by gravity and the limitations of our bodies, because we live in a world where the news is often bad and the prospects disturbing, there is a need for another world somewhere, a world where Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers live.
I just assume I'm right. Partially out of conviction and partially as a pose.
It's hard to explain the fun to be found in seeing the right kind of bad movie.
We are born into a box of time and space. We use words and communication to break out of it and to reach out to others.
A film like Hoop Dreams is what the movies are for. It takes us, shakes us, and makes us think in new ways about the world around us. It gives us the impression of having touched life itself.
The moment a man stops dreaming is the moment he petrifies inside.
[Marlon] Brando was the only guy who could step out of that shadow at the end of that movie and be worth the wait.
Movies that encourage empathy are more effective than those that objectify problems.
The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't change your mind, because God sure isn't going to change His.