Moviegoers like to believe that those they have made stars are great actors. People used to say that Gary Cooper was a fine actor probably because when they looked in his face they were ready to give him their power of attorney.
The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself. - Pauline Kael
The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself.
- Pauline Kael
Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do i… - Pauline Kael
Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do i…
What is getting older if it isn't learning more ways that you're vulnerable? - Pauline Kael
What is getting older if it isn't learning more ways that you're vulnerable?
in show business there's not much point in asking yourself if someone really likes you or if he just thinks you can be useful to him, because there's… - Pauline Kael
in show business there's not much point in asking yourself if someone really likes you or if he just thinks you can be useful to him, because there's…
Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them. - Pauline Kael
Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them.
In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising. - Pauline Kael
In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.
It's sometimes discouraging to see all of a director's movies, because there's so much repetition. The auteurists took this to be a sign of a directo… - Pauline Kael
It's sometimes discouraging to see all of a director's movies, because there's so much repetition. The auteurists took this to be a sign of a directo…
The slender, swift Bruce Lee was the Fred Astaire of martial arts, and many of the fights that could be merely brutal come across as lightning-fast c… - Pauline Kael
The slender, swift Bruce Lee was the Fred Astaire of martial arts, and many of the fights that could be merely brutal come across as lightning-fast c…
Protagonists are always loners, almost by definition. - Pauline Kael
Protagonists are always loners, almost by definition.
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