Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Richard E. Roeperis an American columnist and film critic for The Chicago Sun-Times. He co-hosted the television series At the Movies with Roger Ebert from 2000 to 2008, as Gene Siskel's successor. From 2010 until 2014 he co-hosted The Roe and Roeper Show with Roe Conn on WLS-AM...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth17 October 1959
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
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Even after doing a couple of those it never even occurred to me that it would become a full-time gig, ... That might be one of the reasons it worked out, because I wasn't auditioning. ... I was just doing it for the fun experience of doing it.
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It's telling that most of them won't even comment about it, because it's obviously something they're not proud of. But audiences are smart. They know if a movie isn't being reviewed, it's not because the studio thinks it's great.
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I've heard from people who have said some of the nicest things I've ever heard in my career and I've heard vicious things, ... But, hey, we're doing the same thing to the movies every week, so if I can't take it I'd better deal.
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This is a great professional thing, ... It's a personal thrill, but it's not changing my life in the most important ways. It shouldn't.
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Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
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I became addicted to the movie-going experience in the 1970s, when I attended multiple screenings of films such as 'Chinatown', 'Jaws', 'Star Wars' and the original 'Rocky'.
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You can't take up golf on a whim and find yourself competing against Tiger Woods in the Masters six months later.
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That's why I've always been appreciative of truly creative radio commercials.
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I've been playing Texas Hold 'em and other forms of poker since I was about 12.
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I loved watching classics such as 'Casablanca' and goofball comedies such as 'How To Murder Your Wife' on WGN-TV.
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I'm a lifelong bachelor, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't marry the right woman.
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Wal-Mart doesn't really care about your faith. Wal-Mart cares if you have money to spend, and it is going to be as generic as possible in exploiting the holiday season for every buck it can make.
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Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.
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Whether it's viewers of the show or readers of my columns and books, I'm consistently impressed with their wit, humor and insight. That goes for about 95 percent of the audience. The other five percent are why the 'Delete' option and restraining orders were invented.