Richard Roeper Quotations

Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

I'm a lifelong bachelor, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't marry the right woman.

The truth is that our way of celebrating the Christmas season does spring from myriad cultures and sources, from St. Nicholas to Coca-Cola advertising campaigns.

Living in the past is a Jethro Tull album, not a smart poker strategy.

There's a lot of vitriolic ranting out there, but there are literally hundreds of critics on the web who care deeply about film and having something to say about it.

On first blush, Hold 'em seems like a ridiculously simple game.

Sometimes a 3-1 favorite loses. That's why they call it gambling, and that's why they keep flipping over the cards.

Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.

You can't take up golf on a whim and find yourself competing against Tiger Woods in the Masters six months later.

Whether it's viewers of the show or readers of my columns and books, I'm consistently impressed with their wit, humor and insight. That goes for about 95 percent of the audience. The other five percent are why the 'Delete' option and restraining orders were invented.

You're not allowed to give yourself a nickname. This holds true in life as well as in poker.

I've been playing Texas Hold 'em and other forms of poker since I was about 12.

Wal-Mart doesn't really care about your faith. Wal-Mart cares if you have money to spend, and it is going to be as generic as possible in exploiting the holiday season for every buck it can make.

I grew up in Dolton, just south of Chicago, about a 20-minute drive from old Comiskey Park.

That's why I've always been appreciative of truly creative radio commercials.

Well, I think one of the reasons Chicago became so popular as a filmmaker location is because New York had been used so many times that Chicago, I think, was rediscovered maybe in the late '60s, early '70s for a long time as a new location.

When we root-root-root for the home team, we're rooting for our home as much as the team.

I loved watching classics such as 'Casablanca' and goofball comedies such as 'How To Murder Your Wife' on WGN-TV.

I became addicted to the movie-going experience in the 1970s, when I attended multiple screenings of films such as 'Chinatown', 'Jaws', 'Star Wars' and the original 'Rocky'.

For those of us who follow this stuff, it's a lot of fun because for many years it seemed winners were preordained. This year there really is going to be that moment when they open the envelope and you're going to think, I don't know what they are going to say .

For those of us who follow this stuff, it's a lot of fun because for many years, it seemed winners were pre-ordained.

King Kong. We shouldn't discount that as an Oscar contender.

My new favorite talk show host in the world is Tyra Banks, who seems willing to do just about anything to herself in the name of attracting viewers.

Listening to Harry when he was at his best was like watching the game with your funny uncle, the one who used to play Double-A ball.

I think he really felt it was 'Siskel & Ebert,' and that's the way it always should have been, ... Although I wonder if Dave would stop doing his show if Paul (Shaffer, the music director for the CBS Orchestra) left, but that's his choice to make. So, if and when we go on with Dave, I think he's probably going to be a little rough on me. But, again, that would be pretty cool -- Dave Letterman taking a shot at you.

Mel Gibson is a masterful storyteller, and this is the work of his lifetime.

You know you've made it when people start making up fantastic stories about you.

To me it's one of the best performances of the year. I think she's got a good shot.

Even after doing a couple of those it never even occurred to me that it would become a full-time gig, ... That might be one of the reasons it worked out, because I wasn't auditioning. ... I was just doing it for the fun experience of doing it.

It's telling that most of them won't even comment about it, because it's obviously something they're not proud of. But audiences are smart. They know if a movie isn't being reviewed, it's not because the studio thinks it's great.

I've heard from people who have said some of the nicest things I've ever heard in my career and I've heard vicious things, ... But, hey, we're doing the same thing to the movies every week, so if I can't take it I'd better deal.

That's always the category when you get the crazy moment early on when someone wins, then they are kind of never heard from again.

I'm a big fan of his, but I didn't know if he could play to such a large room. But the material was great, the film bits, and most important of all, his ad-libs. He went with the moment just to the right amount.

If the worst thing that happens to you in a typical day is that somebody out there doesn't like your style on a nationally syndicated TV show about the movies, you're having a pretty good day.

In the last few years there's been an explosion of bands that flame to the sky with one huge release - only to burn out just as quickly.

If you're starting to think of that one guy at the table as your archrival because he's beaten you three times in the last hour, remember: you're not Spider-Man, and he's not the Green Goblin.

This is a great professional thing, ... It's a personal thrill, but it's not changing my life in the most important ways. It shouldn't.

The magic gets lost in translation.

Becca Gardner is wonderful as the good-hearted little Griff who refuses to be daunted by all the heart-ache and resentment on dad's ranch and this young actress proves there's another young child actress in Hollywood besides Dakota Fanning.

Equilibrium is enjoyably classy trash.

Christian Bale has a kind of genetically engineered handsomeness that's perfect for [John Preston]. He's also a better actor than he ever gets credit for being.

I'd say that I'm also recommending [Equilibrium] for the cool gun battles.