I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out

Quote by Roger Ebert

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Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of...

Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of...

Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.

Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.

Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since...

Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since...

Catholic theology believes that God gave man free will, and you can't give somebody free...

Catholic theology believes that God gave man free will, and you can't give somebody free...

No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.

No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.

By going to the movies, and because of other things, too, going to college, making...

By going to the movies, and because of other things, too, going to college, making...

The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't...

The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't...

But the fact is, most people are not going to be rich someday.

But the fact is, most people are not going to be rich someday.

All over the web there are some very good critics and it's become for people...

All over the web there are some very good critics and it's become for people...

I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.

I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.

I think that probably the - I don't give quotes to studios. They have to...

I think that probably the - I don't give quotes to studios. They have to...

I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest.

I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest.

If Hollywood stars speak out, so do all sorts of other people. Now Hollywood stars...

If Hollywood stars speak out, so do all sorts of other people. Now Hollywood stars...

The right really dominates radio, and it's amazing how much energy the right spends telling...

The right really dominates radio, and it's amazing how much energy the right spends telling...

I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason.

I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason.

Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.

Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.

I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took...

I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took...

Most of us do not consciously look at movies.

Most of us do not consciously look at movies.

It's a good question, because a movie isn't good or bad based on its politics....

It's a good question, because a movie isn't good or bad based on its politics....

We don't have a lot of class-conscious filmmaking.

We don't have a lot of class-conscious filmmaking.