Gene Siskel Quotes

Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?

We`d rather see a picture that we liked then dump on one we didn`t.

John Goodman is more that just a big guy, he`s a wonderful actor.

They know they got the TV ad, they know they got the name recognition, they know that they can do a tie in with McDonald`s or some fast food outlet and the money is just gonna flow in.

That`s probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a good story.

In fact, Cannonball Run II. I used to pick that as the worst movie ever made.

The only actor who I think probably might have possibly taken a swing at me if he could have would be Burt Reynolds. He used to call Roger and me the Bruise Brothers, out of Chicago.

The result is a picture that represents so much of what I want and rarely get from a movie - a couple of hours filled with characters who are as exciting as the people I know in real life.

We don`t pretend to disagree.

But you know, really, if you think about it Roger and I and all critics really have one absolute essential part of our credentials and that is that you believe that that is actually what we think.

After 27 years, I walked out of my first one a few months ago. Black Sheep with Chris Farley.

I`m not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind.

Roger and I are now in our 20th year and I think people tune in because they know that for better or for worse, these are our opinions.