Richard Roeper Quotes
Well, I think one of the reasons Chicago became so popular as a filmmaker location is because New York had been used so many times that Chicago, I think, was rediscovered maybe in the late '60s, early '70s for a long time as a new location.
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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I always have coffee and porridge for breakfast.
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I know a lot of people struggle with the idea of Jesus and their idea of God. I think, if you don't even know what you're praying to or who you're praying to, based on what I know to be true, regardless, God's always listening.
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I'm interested in personalities, not political parties.
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You know, I do not know, I just want to date someone who makes me happy.
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What's been happening in Iraq, what young Americans wearing flak jackets, helmets and flight suits have done is... created the circumstances under which Iraq can become our closest ally in that part of the world and still have a representative government. And that's going to be a very good thing considering what's going on in that neighborhood.
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Being an actor does make you aware of your age.
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A huge part of my career and how I want to participate in the world is being unapologetically myself and being honest and vulnerable.
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I am always acting, be at a party, at work or in office. My attitude changes from meeting to meeting, from being serious to intense to funny, depending on who is in the room.
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I've talked to law enforcement officials at the state and local level who say that violence against women is going up. In any case, we think that it's an important issue whether it's going up or not. And we are determined to stop it.
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Public schooling fosters our common identity as Americans sharing a land of diversity. It promotes the American ideal of opportunity for all, not just some. It cultivates the civic values of respecting individuals as well as collective responsibility.
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I've done classical theaters. I played Hamlet myself and Romeo.
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I have a lot of energy after 2 A.M. I like to sleep in the morning. I have some problems at the start of the day.
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I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem.
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Sometimes the characters I find the most compelling are in independent movies. With independent scripts people can take more challenges.
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I have a theory about Ireland, being at the edge of Europe. For 1,000 years, people didn't know what was beyond. But we thought about it - a lot. And that 'beyond' became internalized in our psyche.
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My passion is films and making them.
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I learned from my dad that when you walk in front of an audience, they are the kings and queens, and you're but the jester.
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When all the people scream because you are such a great guy, then you're actually lost as an artist.
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I do small cameos here and there but nothing that requires more than a paragraph of talking, because I'm just an amateur. The movie is a whole different reality.
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Just think how much poorer we would be today if the world would have had half as many people in the 19th century as it actually did. You can get rid of Thomas Edison or Louis Pasteur; take your pick.
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If it were art to overcome heresy with fire, the executioners would be the most learned doctors on earth.
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Rock is much more malleable than ideas.
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Well, I think one of the reasons Chicago became so popular as a filmmaker location is because New York had been used so many times that Chicago, I think, was rediscovered maybe in the late '60s, early '70s for a long time as a new location.
