Gene Siskel

After 27 years, I walked out of my first one a few months ago. Black Sheep with Chris Farley. ↗

— Gene Siskel

#ago #black #black sheep #chris #farley

But you know, really, if you think about it Roger and I and all critics really have one absolute essential part of our credentials and that is that you believe that that is actually what we think. ↗

— Gene Siskel

#absolute #actually #believe #credentials #critics

I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind. ↗

— Gene Siskel

#about #better #capture #heroism #his

In fact, Cannonball Run II. I used to pick that as the worst movie ever made. ↗

— Gene Siskel

#ever #fact #i #ii #in fact

Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch? ↗

— Gene Siskel

#film #having #interesting #lunch #more

John Goodman is more that just a big guy, he's a wonderful actor. ↗

— Gene Siskel

#big #big guy #goodman #guy #john

That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a good story. ↗

— Gene Siskel

#american movies #angry #audience #cynically #even

The only actor who I think probably might have possibly taken a swing at me if he could have would be Burt Reynolds. He used to call Roger and me the Bruise Brothers, out of Chicago. ↗

— Gene Siskel

#brothers #bruise #burt #burt reynolds #call

The result is a picture that represents so much of what I want and rarely get from a movie - a couple of hours filled with characters who are as exciting as the people I know in real life. ↗

— Gene Siskel

#couple #exciting #filled #get #hours

They know they got the TV ad, they know they got the name recognition, they know that they can do a tie in with McDonald's or some fast food outlet and the money is just gonna flow in. ↗

— Gene Siskel

#fast #fast food #flow #food #gonna