Richard Roeper Quotes

I enjoy the old-fashioned idea of, like, 'His Girl Friday' and 'Bringing Up Baby', those old movies.

My mom loved the old black-and-white films.

My film collection is all oldies.

I watch a lot of classic movies - my TV guilty pleasures are 'The Wonder Years' or the original 'MASH' show.

I love the genre of early Hollywood. It gives you everything.

The Midnight Palace is a great place on the web for the very best on Hollywood Classics!

I am more of an old black and white movies fan.

When I was 13, Eddie Murphy was to me what Chris Tucker was to 13-year-olds when I made 'Rush Hour.' And 'Rush Hour' really came out of the fact that I grew up watching 'Beverly Hills Cop' and '48 Hrs.'

I think that kids need to grow up watching what I grew up watching - great entertainment; you know, Judy Garland and all these musicals that bring song and dance and acting all together in a polished way.

When I was a kid I was much happier watching old movies than kids' TV, and I ended up watching all the old Ealing comedies.

'White Christmas' is one of my favorite movies, so I've always just had a love for that kind of golden era musical.

Shakespeare wrote great plays that we're still watching all these years later. Charlie Chaplin made great comedies and they are still as funny today as they ever were.

You have to go back to the '30s and '40s to see a film that's any good.

It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film.

I've always had a thing for old movies, old Hollywood. I've always just loved watching Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo. In all of those old movies from the '40s and '50s, women put themselves together so well, with a little bit of drama and elegance. That was fascinating to me growing up.

I really love the movies of Katherine Hepburn, movies like 'The African Queen.' I love 'Midnight Run' and I suppose, to pick something out of a different genre, I love 'Aliens.'

Some of my favorite actors are Gene Wilder and Eddie Murphy back in the day - that's mainly what me and my brothers watched when we were kids.

I just love the black and white movies.

I love the Zucker brothers' films - 'Airplane!,' 'Top Secret' and 'Police Squad!' - are my formative experiences.

I'm a big Turner Classic Movies fanatic - I was really addicted for a while.

'The Philadelphia Story' is one of my favorite movies, as is 'Bringing Up Baby.'

I'm a Turner Classic Movies guy. That's it. I'd much rather sit here and watch an oldie than anything new.

I was a big fan of Greta Garbo and that era of movies, so I dreamt watching those movies.

I like watching old stuff. I like old Al Pacino movies. 'Serpico.' 'Dog Day Afternoon.'

I'm totally devoted to '30s cinema.