Quotes by Gene Siskel

• John Goodman is more that just a big guy, he's a wonderful actor.
• We'd rather see a picture that we liked then dump on one we didn't.
• We don't pretend to disagree.
• They know they got the TV ad, they know they got the name recognition, they know that they can do a tie in with McDonald's or some fast food outlet and the money is just gonna flow in.
• The result is a picture that represents so much of what I want and rarely get from a movie - a couple of hours filled with characters who are as exciting as the people I know in real life.
• That's probably when I get the most angry at American movies, when they just so cynically manipulate the audience without even trying to give a good story.
• Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?
• In fact, Cannonball Run II. I used to pick that as the worst movie ever made.
• I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind.
• But you know, really, if you think about it Roger and I and all critics really have one absolute essential part of our credentials and that is that you believe that that is actually what we think.
• After 27 years, I walked out of my first one a few months ago. Black Sheep with Chris Farley.
• The only actor who I think probably might have possibly taken a swing at me if he could have would be Burt Reynolds. He used to call Roger and me the Bruise Brothers, out of Chicago.