Why are some people bullied? Because they are different. How? It doesn't matter.

Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying. You've got to be taught to hate.

One sign of a great actor is when he can be alone by himself on the screen, doing almost nothing, and producing one of a film's defining moments.

There are two things you can't argue in film: comedy and eroticism. If something doesn't make you laugh, no one can tell you why it's funny, and it's difficult to reason someone out of an erection.

One difference between film noir and more straightforward crime pictures is that noir is more open to human flaws and likes to embed them in twisty plot lines.

And I think both the left and the right should celebrate people who have different opinions, and disagree with them, and argue with them, and differ with them, but don't just try to shut them up.

I do suspect my star ratings average too high. But, of course, star ratings are ridiculous. I'm stuck with them.