Quotes
Corrina, Corrina/In the Army Now/Clear and Present Danger/The Mask/In the Land of the Deaf
Siskel & Ebert
- Gene Siskel - Host: As you can see, "The Mask" is a lot of fun. It's more of a jumble of stuff than a plot, but with so many juicy elements, and Jim Carrey held in check, "The Mask" is really hard to resist, and I didn't. I liked it.
- Roger Ebert - Host: So, you LOVED this movie, but...
- Gene Siskel - Host: No, I LIKED it.
- Roger Ebert - Host: ...You're so grudging toward poor Jim Carrey. You even attacked his overbite. I have an overbite, too.
- Gene Siskel - Host: You do?
- Roger Ebert - Host: In fact, so do YOU, as a matter of fact.
- Gene Siskel - Host: Not the same kind.
- Roger Ebert - Host: When you say it's "annoying", what's annoying about it?
- Gene Siskel - Host: I find that what's annoying about him is it's kind of
- [showing top teeth]
- Gene Siskel - Host: EHH EHH, predatory animal-like!
- Roger Ebert - Host: I, well, look, we didn't like "Ace Ventura"...
- Gene Siskel - Host: Right.
- Roger Ebert - Host: So you probably walked into this movie with kind of a negative attitude and maybe...
- Gene Siskel - Host: No, I don't, as a matter of fact...
- Roger Ebert - Host: I feel that Jim Carrey is extremely important to the success of this movie, and somebody else in that character might not have done as good a job. And you give credit to everyone: The special effects, to Cameron Diaz, who is very beautiful, to the dog, who's very funny, why not give some credit to the guy who played the title role?
- Gene Siskel - Host: I- I was trying to give some credit. When he is held in check...
- Roger Ebert - Host: Grudgingly.
- Gene Siskel - Host: No, when he is held in check... I don't, I don't give positive reviews grudgingly. That's a, that's a...
- Roger Ebert - Host: You just SAID...
- Gene Siskel - Host: Wait a second!
- Roger Ebert - Host: You just finished saying that Pauly Shore hadn't been held in check in the other movie
- ["In the Army Now"]
- Roger Ebert - Host: .
- Gene Siskel - Host: Uh, no, I had said that he had warmed up and was nicer. I'm gonna stay right on Jim Carrey. I don't give positive reviews grudgingly. That's a rough characterization, because think about it: That means that I don't like to like something. I'm not like that. I LOVE to like pictures.
- Roger Ebert - Host: What a wonderful, warm...
- Gene Siskel - Host: What I'm saying is...
- Roger Ebert - Host: ...Terrific guy.
- Gene Siskel - Host: ...Specifically, thank you. What- not the guy YOU think you're working with, apparently. What I don't like about Jim Carrey is he's got that EHH EHH predatory thing. Held in check as an ingredient in the film, okay? He works.