Roger Ebert Quotes


I am, beneath everything else, a fan. I was fixed in this mode as a young boy and am awed by people who take the risks of performance.


Citations

Ebert, Roger. Life Itself: A Memoir. Grand Central Publishing, 2011.

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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
  • Born: June 18, 1942
  • Died: April 4, 2013
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Movie & Film Critic

Roger Joseph Ebert was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, Ebert became the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Neil Steinberg of the Chicago Sun-Times said Ebert "was without question the nation's most prominent and influential film critic," Tom Van Riper of Forbes described him as "the most powerful pundit in America," and Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times called him "the best-known film critic in America."