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

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Shakespeare wrote great plays that we're still watching all these years later. Charlie Chaplin made...

Shakespeare wrote great plays that we're still watching all these years later. Charlie Chaplin made...

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

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

I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more...

I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more...

Audiences deserve better.

Audiences deserve better.

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

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

While it was occasionally done here or there, nobody else had a figurehead like Walt...

While it was occasionally done here or there, nobody else had a figurehead like Walt...

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

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

Los Angeles has the greatest concentration of surviving movie palaces in the United States, yet...

Los Angeles has the greatest concentration of surviving movie palaces in the United States, yet...

When Tim Allen made The Santa Clause, I thought that was a delightful film. It...

When Tim Allen made The Santa Clause, I thought that was a delightful film. It...

I'm a lifelong Disney nut.

I'm a lifelong Disney nut.

Beauty and the Beast became the first animated feature ever nominated for best picture.

Beauty and the Beast became the first animated feature ever nominated for best picture.

I teach at USC. I have a big class of 360 kids, only about a...

I teach at USC. I have a big class of 360 kids, only about a...

NBC anchor Brian Williams is a standup comic in disguise.

NBC anchor Brian Williams is a standup comic in disguise.

Movie theaters still exist in spite of all of the alternatives that are available, video...

Movie theaters still exist in spite of all of the alternatives that are available, video...

Timing in life is everything.

Timing in life is everything.

Quality survives.

Quality survives.

Everyone is looking for the sure thing. They are looking to hedge their bet. They...

Everyone is looking for the sure thing. They are looking to hedge their bet. They...

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that...

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that...

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

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

I had the great good fortune to interview Peggy Lee. Her memories of working with...

I had the great good fortune to interview Peggy Lee. Her memories of working with...