Leonard Maltin Thinking Quotations

I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more cynical about Christmas. There's more of an edge.

The last person to stand still and repeat himself was Walt Disney. He refused to repeat himself. So to think that he'd be making the same kind of film in the year 2001 that he made in 1941 is absurd.

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

Everyone is looking for the sure thing. They are looking to hedge their bet. They think the way to do that is to go with a proven quantity, a remake of something you have already seen. That is their mindset.

I can't think of another actor who acquired stardom so quickly, who held it for such a short time, and then kept it for such a long time. James Dean became a star in one calendar year, and then he left us. But he's still being talked about, he's still being revered, he's still being iconized forty years later. I don't think there's another example like it in the entire history of movies.

I think people in Hollywood are afraid of sentiment because they think audiences will reject it.