Top 23 Quotes & Sayings by Joel Siegel

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American critic Joel Siegel.
Last updated on November 5, 2024.
Joel Siegel

Joel Steven Siegel was an American film critic for the ABC morning news show Good Morning America for over 25 years. The winner of multiple Emmy Awards, Siegel also worked as a radio disc jockey and an advertising copywriter.

When all the performances are excellent, critics understand it's the direction.
I have no idea why one of our most original filmmakers would want to spend two years of his life translating someone else's movie from Spanish into English. And it wasn't such a good film in Spanish, either.
You can't believe Russell Crowe is the same actor who won an Oscar one year ago for Gladiator. — © Joel Siegel
You can't believe Russell Crowe is the same actor who won an Oscar one year ago for Gladiator.
Samuel L. Jackson is one of the best actors there is.
If you fight back and get hit, it hurts a little while; if you don't fight back it hurts forever.
I started crying 20 seconds into the movie and didn't stop till it was over.
The studio should not have released this film.
I do my best not to have any expectations when I go into a movie because it's not fair.
Maybe by his second year in Hogwarts, Harry Potter will learn the trick to making a movie this good, but don't bet on it. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is one of the best films of the year.
Television news was expanding to an hour, and producers did not know how to fill the space and time.
I liked television, and television liked me.
They are words you don't easily forget: I don't have good news.
There are scenes here and effects here that would make George S. Patton wince.
Follow your passion.
What I learned from this movie, 40 Days and 40 Nights: Abstinence can be a very good thing. Especially from box offices where this film is playing.
Real movie producers aren't this nice.
Real movie producers arent this nice.
What cancer does is, it forces you to focus, to prioritize, and you learn what's important. I mean, I don't sweat the small stuff. I used to get angry at cab drivers. It's not worth it.... And when somebody says you have cancer, you realize it's all small stuff.
If you fight back and get hit, it hurts a little while; if you dont fight back it hurts forever.
I do my best not to have any expectations when I go into a movie because its not fair. — © Joel Siegel
I do my best not to have any expectations when I go into a movie because its not fair.
What cancer does is, it forces you to focus, to prioritize, and you learn what’s important.
Maybe by his second year in Hogwarts, Harry Potter will learn the trick to making a movie this good but don't bet on it. It's one of the best films of the year.
I started crying 20 seconds into the movie and didnt stop till it was over.
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