Harry Knowles Quotes

Let's face it: professing a deep interest in movies, the absolutely dominant global art form of the last century, is at this point like professing an interest in air. Passion is nice. Erudition is admirable. But it's like that moment when good manners cross over into meaningless etiquette.

I have been passionate about cinema from my childhood.

In my teens, I fell in love with the movies.

There's a difference between watching a film and watching a bit of cinema and enjoying a film as a piece of cinema.

We didn't really have television when I was a kid. Around 30, I discovered films and started systematically catching up. I collect interesting documentaries and films, and watch a few nights a week.

I'm not snobby about my movies; I just love all films.

I went from silent films to watching French new wave cinema. I became entrapped by it all. That's when I knew I wanted to do film. The moment you start looking at film from a critique point of view - there's a difference between watching a film as an audience and with a critical point of view.

I grew up watching a lot of film.

I grew up with a deep regard for cinema.

I do love Turner Classic Movies, because I feel like I'm not wasting as much time. I'm almost educating myself if I watch that.

Basically, I am a huge film buff and love watching all kinds of films.

I wasn't a film buff.

I grew up cinematically in the '70s. I was watching a lot of Godard, Bresson, Dreyer, and all sorts of old films and the Czech New Wave.

I've been watching films my whole life and am completely obsessed with them.

Bergman's my favorite filmmaker, if I had to choose.

I didn't really get any rigorous background in film history.

If you truly love film, I think the healthiest thing to do is not read books on the subject. I prefer the glossy film magazines with their big color photos and gossip columns, or the National Enquirer. Such vulgarity is healthy and safe.

There's a lot of other movies I like, but I don't even pay attention to directors to tell you the truth.

I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas.

If I wasn't a film-maker, I'd be a film critic. It's the only thing I'd be qualified to do.

I am deeply honored to be making 'Life Itself,' a documentary on the life of Roger Ebert, and to have had the full cooperation and enthusiasm of Roger and his wife, Chaz.

I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic.

Up until doing this movie, I hadn't really paid a huge amount of attention to those genres, but after finishing this movie, it really gave me a different sense of appreciation of the way the movies play out.

I read every single review, because I love film criticism and I'm interested.

I went to college thinking of maybe pursuing a career in film criticism.