Richard Roeper Quotes
I became addicted to the movie-going experience in the 1970s, when I attended multiple screenings of films such as 'Chinatown', 'Jaws', 'Star Wars' and the original 'Rocky'.
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I went through a phase when I was 13 where I would only fall in love with people over the age of 19 or 20. I never had a real relationship with any of these people, but it was definitely the guy I wanted to hang out with and wanted to go on trips with. I would be like, 'But, Daddy, he's a musician!'.
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If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.
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It was very unusual, because normally the producer requests the test to determine whether they want to hire someone or not. Olivia was concerned about playing a seventeen year old.
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I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am.
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At the high school level, the coaches get these kids in revenue-driven sports and take them away from baseball. There's so much pressure on these kids to even play spring football. We need to get the African-American players back in the game, which I think would make it not only a better game, but more exciting and entertaining for everyone.
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Cyclists need to help themselves and should not jump red lights. I would ride in London, but I certainly wouldn't ride like that; you just have to be careful. I can understand going down the outside of traffic, but you should obey the rules of the road because we're all road users.
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I love being photographed, I love the ramp.
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You should not do an autobiography if you want to tell the truth. There are a lot of things I know about people. If I can't say something good about a person, I don't want to say anything. And since I don't want to say anything bad, I won't write a book.
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The characters I've portrayed may outwardly be quite different from one another, but I've found that they're also intrinsically linked.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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Musical theater is an American genre. It started really, in America, as a combination of jazz and operetta; most of the great musical theater writers in the golden era are American. I think that to do a musical is a very American thing to me.
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My professional life has nothing to do with my personal life and vice versa.
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In lean times, you get plenty of sleep, and you're not flying around everywhere.
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I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland.
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I still get to preach 14, 15 times a year. But you have to make a living.
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After graduating from National School of Drama, I started doing theatre in Delhi. But there was not much money in Hindi theatre.
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I'm an obsessive. When I get a problem, a question in my mind, it can take me over.
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Being married, I've got so many things to do that I am the last to do things for myself. Taking care of my body has been difficult, but I am doing the best that I can.
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I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.
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But cats to me are strange, so strange I cannot sleep if one is near.
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I love to sing all kinds of music, but I know that my heart is for people to know God, and I want them to experience his love.
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When two great saints meet, it's a humbling experience.
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You start seeing all of the athlete profiles on NBC, and whenever the Summer Olympics come up, I feel like I share the same experience with the Summer Olympians.
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I became addicted to the movie-going experience in the 1970s, when I attended multiple screenings of films such as 'Chinatown', 'Jaws', 'Star Wars' and the original 'Rocky'.
