Richard Roeper Quotes (23 Quotes)

If the worst thing that happens to you in a typical day is that somebody out there doesn't like your style on a nationally syndicated TV show about the movies, you're having a pretty good day.

That's why I've always been appreciative of truly creative radio commercials.

I've been playing Texas Hold 'em and other forms of poker since I was about 12.

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.

The truth is that our way of celebrating the Christmas season does spring from myriad cultures and sources, from St. Nicholas to Coca-Cola advertising campaigns.

Sometimes a 3-1 favorite loses. That's why they call it gambling, and that's why they keep flipping over the cards.

Well, I think one of the reasons Chicago became so popular as a filmmaker location is because New York had been used so many times that Chicago, I think, was rediscovered maybe in the late '60s, early '70s for a long time as a new location.

Meanwhile, there's more poker than soft porn on cable TV these days - and the broadcast networks are getting in on the game as well.

Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Listening to Harry when he was at his best was like watching the game with your funny uncle, the one who used to play Double-A ball.

On first blush, Hold 'em seems like a ridiculously simple game.

If you're starting to think of that one guy at the table as your archrival because he's beaten you three times in the last hour, remember you're not Spider-Man, and he's not the Green Goblin.

When we root-root-root for the home team, we're rooting for our home as much as the team.

For those of us who follow this stuff, it's a lot of fun because for many years, it seemed winners were pre-ordained.

Becca Gardner is wonderful as the good-hearted little Griff who refuses to be daunted by all the heart-ache and resentment on dad's ranch and this young actress proves there's another young child actress in Hollywood besides Dakota Fanning.

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.

Living in the past is a Jethro Tull album, not a smart poker strategy.

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.

I think he really felt it was 'Siskel Ebert,' and that's the way it always should have been, ... Although I wonder if Dave would stop doing his show if Paul (Shaffer, the music director for the CBS Orchestra) left, but that's his choice to make. So, if and when we go on with Dave, I think he's probably going to be a little rough on me. But, again, that would be pretty cool -- Dave Letterman taking a shot at you.

My new favorite talk show host in the world is Tyra Banks, who seems willing to do just about anything to herself in the name of attracting viewers.

You're not allowed to give yourself a nickname. This holds true in life as well as in poker.

You can't take up golf on a whim and find yourself competing against Tiger Woods in the Masters six months later.

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.