In my reviews, I feel it's good to make it clear that I'm not proposing objective truth, but subjective reactions; a review should reflect the immediate experience. Roger Ebert clearexperiencefeel Change image and share on social
Not everyone needs to be slammed into a category and locked there. Roger Ebert categorylockslam Change image and share on social
By going to the movies, and because of other things, too, going to college, making a wide variety of friends, moving around traveling, I became a lot more open-minded than the heritage I was born into might have suggested. Roger Ebert bearcollegefriend share on social
There is a part of me that will forever want to be walking under autumn leaves, carrying a briefcase containing the works of Shakespeare and Yeats and a portable chess set. I will pass an old tree under which once on a summer night I lay on the grass with a fragrant young woman and we quoted e.e. cummings back and forth. Roger Ebert autumnbackbriefcase share on social
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. Roger Ebert changegodmind Change image and share on social
You can't just tell actors, especially young ones, to 'act happy' and expect them to do it. They must in some essential way be happy. Roger Ebert actactoressential Change image and share on social
One sign of a great actor is when he can be alone by himself on the screen, doing almost nothing, and producing one of a film's defining moments. Roger Ebert actordefinefilm Change image and share on social
It's not often a thriller keeps me wound up as well as 'Headhunters' did. I knew I was being manipulated and didn't care. It was a pleasure to see how well it was being done. Roger Ebert careheadhunterknow Change image and share on social
It's a good question, because a movie isn't good or bad based on its politics. It's usually good or bad for other reasons, though you might agree or disagree with its politics. Roger Ebert agreebadbase Change image and share on social