Los Angeles has the greatest concentration of surviving movie palaces in the United States, yet most residents have never been inside one of them.

I teach at USC. I have a big class of 360 kids, only about a fifth of whom are film majors. I don't just show the Hollywood blockbusters. I show independent films, foreign films, documentaries.

Television is what made It's a Wonderful Life the classic it is today.

A Christmas Carol is such a fool-proof story you can't louse it up.

You want to make an impression. Being clever helps.

Dumbo... makes me cry. Every single time and in the exact same spot. I just have a special affection for Dumbo.

Hollywood executives believe that money is both the be-all and end-all to the moviemaking process.

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility.

Movie theaters still exist in spite of all of the alternatives that are available, video and video-on-demand and DVD and streaming video and all of these things.

NBC anchor Brian Williams is a standup comic in disguise.

Polar Express is not an attempt to do animation. It is a technology-based film.

Love is a longing to belong, to be beloved.

Ignoring the question is not the solution of problem, Same as forgetting the sorrow isn't happiness

The eventual place the American army should take on the western front was to a large extent influenced by the vital question of communication and supply.

Know then, unnumber'd Spirits round thee fly, The light Militia of the lower sky.

The idea of wilderness needs no defense. It only needs more defenders. Remaining silent about the destruction of nature is an endorsement of that destruction.

One of the main things that's appealing about games is that you know a game can be won. It's an unusual game that's impossible to win.

It is a sobering thought that Gomer Pyle and the Beverly Hillbillies may be among our chief interstellar emissaries.

Being nervous isn't bad. It just means something important is happening.

Never leave an enemy behind, or it will rise again to fly at your throat !

There's beggary in love that can be reckoned