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Roger Ebert was a renowned American film critic, born on June 18, 1942, and passed away on April 4, 2013. Known for his unique style of film criticism and profound insights into the art of cinema, he served as a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and founded the influential film review website RogerEbert.com.

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Famous Roger Ebert Quotes

“In Blue Crush , we meet three Hawaiian surfers who work as hotel maids, live in a grotty rental, and are raising the kid sister of one of them. Despite this near-poverty, they look great; there is nothing like a tan and a bikini to overcome class distinctions.”

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Book:Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2005

Source: Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2005

“Nobody looks perfect. We have to find peace with the way we look and get on with life.”

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“I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason. And the parrots of talk radio are just sending out the same stuff. When I look at my e-mails, I see the same Limbaugh rhetoric; apparently, people don't have any ideas of their own. And there's just this drumroll of anti-progressive thought.”

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“Start. Don’t look back. If at the end it doesn’t meet your hopes, start again. Now you know more about your hopes.”

Ifs Knows Looks Ends

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“Gene [Siskel] often mentioned something François Truffaut once told him: the most beautiful sight in a movie theater is to walk down to the front, turn around, and look at the light from the screen reflected on the upturned faces of the members of the audience.”

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“I've been around a long time, and young men, if there is one thing I know, it is that the only way to kiss a girl for the first time is to look like you want to and intend do, and move in fast enough to seem eager but slow enough to give her a chance to say "So anyway ..." and look up as if she's trying to remember your name.”

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“If you pay attention to the movies they will tell you what people desire and fear. Movies are hardly ever about what they seem to be about. Look at a movie that a lot of people love, and you will find something profound, no matter how silly the film may be.”

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Book:Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert

Source: Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert

“It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality. That's why writing on the Internet has become a lifesaver for me. My ability to think and write have not been affected. And on the Web, my real voice finds expression.”

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“Well, we're all dying in increments. I don't mind people knowing what I look like, but I don't want them thinking I'm dying.”

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“It often strikes me that the actors in high school movies look too old.”

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Book:Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition

Source: Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition

“Many thrillers follow such reliable formulas that you can look at what's happening and guess how much longer a film has to run.”

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Book:Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition

Source: Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition

“Most of us do not consciously look at movies.”

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Book:Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert

Source: Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert

“You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is fascinating, you can't take your eyes away from it... Look at some of the long takes in Citizen Kane.”

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“Because I don't give the studios advanced quotes or an advanced look at my reviews. I think the readers deserve to read my reviews before the studios do.”

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“Clouds do not really look like camels or sailing ships or castles in the sky. They are simply a natural process at work. So too, perhaps, are our lives.”

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“It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality.”

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About the Author

Born: June 18, 1942
Died: April 4, 2013
Known for: Film critic
Quotes: 385

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