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Famous Roger Ebert Quotes
“Low self esteem involves imagining the worst that other people can think about you.”
“Cinema, for me, has always been something like music composed with photographic images.”
“It's hard to explain the fun to be found in seeing the right kind of bad movie.”
“If there is such a thing as a lock on an Oscar nomination, ... Hoffman has one.”
“I'm told we movie critics praise movies that are long and boring.”
“If you can act as if something is true, in a sense that makes it true.”
“It does seem true that a lot of people will do anything, however humiliating, for fame.”
“It is hard enough to be good at all, but to be good in comedy speaks for your character.”
“It is quite possible for the vulgar to be funny, but to succeed, it must rise to a certain genius.”
“Many really good films allow us to empathize with other lives.”
“There's nothing like impending death to rouse you from existential boredom.”