Gene Siskel Quotes

• 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.

  Gene Siskel

  Movie, Giving, Trying

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

  Gene Siskel

  Lunch, Interesting, Actors

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• As a critic, I try very hard to say exactly what I think. And in a medium in which we are well-known for the binary thumbs up and thumbs down, I try to be able to give the mixed review. But most pictures fall into that middle ground, so I wrestle over which way my thumb is going to turn. It's not flip.

  Gene Siskel

  Fall, Thinking, Thumbs Down

  "Read Playboy … for the Interviews". Interview with David Sheff, www.slate.com. October 1995.

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• Two things are not debatable: eroticism, and comedy. If you don't think it's sexy, or funny, there's no way I can change your mind.

  Gene Siskel

  Sexy, Thinking, Two

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• There is a point when a personal opinion shades off into an error of fact.

  Gene Siskel

  Errors, Personal Opinions, Shade

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A film that aims low should not be praised for hitting that target.

  Gene Siskel

  Target, Hitting, Film

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• 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.

  Gene Siskel

  Couple, Real, Character

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• I would rather turn my head and cough than see any part of 'Patch Adams' again.

  Gene Siskel

  Patches, Turns

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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.

  Gene Siskel

  Movie, Heroism, Able

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

  Gene Siskel

  Guy, Actors, Wonderful

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

  Gene Siskel

  Running, Facts, Used

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• 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.

  Gene Siskel

  Brother, Taken, Thinking

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• 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.

  Gene Siskel

  Believe, Thinking, Essentials

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• 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.

  Gene Siskel

  Mcdonalds, Names, Ties

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• We don't pretend to disagree.

  Gene Siskel

  Disagree

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• I already shot my wad on the Protestants!

  Gene Siskel

  Shots, Protestants

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