If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product has been skewed toward violence and vulgar teen comedy.

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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.

I don't think Bush was legitimately elected President.

I don't think Bush was legitimately elected President.

Because I don't give the studios advanced quotes or an advanced look at my reviews....

Because I don't give the studios advanced quotes or an advanced look at my reviews....

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

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

Most of us do not consciously look at movies.

Most of us do not consciously look at movies.

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...

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...

I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film...

I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film...

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...

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...

I'm kind of glad the web is sort of totally anarchic. That's fine with me.

I'm kind of glad the web is sort of totally anarchic. That's fine with me.

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

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

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...

Every great film should seem new every time you see it.

Every great film should seem new every time you see it.

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....

I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the...

I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the...

The Academy is paranoid about its image.

The Academy is paranoid about its image.

Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.

Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.

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...

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...