One of the greatest movies ever made?

Next to 'Lawrence of Arabia' and 'Citizen Kane'? The only way you can say that with a straight face is if you've only seen 50 movies in your life. Or you're trying to give quotes to appease someone who can do you a favor later.

Grace/to be born and live as variously as possible.

I didn't choose painting ... It chose me. I didn't have any talent. I just had genius.

Are you shaying I’m drunk?

Did he spend 20 years as critic for a major newspaper? No. He's very much of the TV generation who don't spend time reading newspapers. I think we have a guy who is giving the information that audiences want to hear about film to make decisions about what to see.

This is a guy who, if you sit and talk with him, he really does have an enormous love and knowledge base of movies

If (Lyons) wants to sit in Siskel's or Ebert's seat, he's got to prove he's worthy of our attention ... What Ben says about movies, it's not worthwhile. He seems to be doing the show more because he wants to be on TV than because he has something to say about the movies.

For marketing purposes, a 'two thumbs up' was great to have.

I still consider myself, in formal terms, a New York School Abstract Expressionist.