Samuel L. Jackson is one of the best actors there is.
Joel Siegel

I liked television, and television liked me.
Joel Siegel

I do my best not to have any expectations when I go into a movie because it's not fair.
Joel Siegel

When all the performances are excellent, critics understand it's the direction.
Joel Siegel

Real movie producers aren't this nice.
Joel Siegel

If you fight back and get hit, it hurts a little while; if you don't fight back it hurts forever.
Joel Siegel

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.
Joel Siegel

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.
Joel Siegel