Quote by Roger Ebert
A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting

A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not so noble needs and desires: They just go to action pictures, and things like that. – Roger Ebert

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If a movie is really working, you forget for two hours your Social Security number and where your car is parked. You are having a vicarious experience. You are identifying, in one way or another, with the people on the screen. – Roger Ebert

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Well, you know what, Im 60 years old, and Ive been interested in politics since I was on my daddys knee. During the 1948 election, we were praying for Truman. I know a lot about politics. – Roger Ebert

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The right really dominates radio, and its amazing how much energy the right spends telling us that the press is slanted to the left when it really isnt. They want to shut other people up. They really dont understand the First Amendment. – Roger Ebert

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Well, getting behind the camera is something Ive always wanted to get involved with. Ever since I was doing movies like Zathura I was very interested in all the different jobs on set and kind of soaking all the information up like a sponge. – Josh Hutcherson

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movies

When they make a womans picture, they treat it like a womans picture. In the 40s, they didnt treat Joan Crawford movies like that, but as the big movies of their year. Im upset that theres no Terminator with a woman in Arnold Schwarzeneggers role. Because that would make just as much money. – Ellen Barkin

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We didnt care if we were well-liked as long as the movies were good. We served the movie – that was our master at Miramax. In our second incarnation, the movie is still the master but were getting the same results in more subtle ways. – Harvey Weinstein

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I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is Im just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing. – Matt Damon

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I feel like Im still learning a lot. I think theres a tendency for people who are just doing their first couple of films that I see now where they seem to be really resentful of the technical limitations that come along with filmmaking. – Anna Kendrick

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Genius is eternal patience. – Michelangelo

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This is the first age thats ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one. – Arthur C. Clarke

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