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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We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American...

We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American...

And I think both the left and the right should celebrate people who have different...

And I think both the left and the right should celebrate people who have different...

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.

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...

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.

Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.

Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.

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

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

It's funny that there was so much disturbance about having a Catholic in the White...

It's funny that there was so much disturbance about having a Catholic in the White...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Most of us do not consciously look at movies.

Most of us do not consciously look at movies.

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...

A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not...

A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not...

The movies that are made more thoughtfully or made or with more ambition often get...

The movies that are made more thoughtfully or made or with more ambition often get...

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...

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...