The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.

The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.

When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.

When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.

I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been read more

I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew that my IQ had been damaged.

In the 1930s people went to see films not just to be entertained or to escape the dreariness of their read more

In the 1930s people went to see films not just to be entertained or to escape the dreariness of their workaday lives but to gain an education, to see the world, to learn table manners and interior decoration, how to dress, kiss, to laugh and cry, how to react to tragedy and happiness, how to be brave, evil and good.

I am the modern, intelligent, independent-type woman. In other words, a girl who can not get a man.

I am the modern, intelligent, independent-type woman. In other words, a girl who can not get a man.

It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and read more

It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and the following quarter-century warning that they'll be lucky to make it through the weekend. Possibly now we are now entering a third era in which the movies will be sounding a note of cautious optimism: You know it just might work.

Male menopause is a lot more fun than female menopause. With female menopause you gain weight and get hot flashes. read more

Male menopause is a lot more fun than female menopause. With female menopause you gain weight and get hot flashes. Male menopause — you get to date young girls and drive motorcycles.

I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.

I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.

Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore.

Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore.