Quotes by Robert Osborne

“Most of those big movies are not that wonderful. This trend toward honoring smaller films — its a very healthy one.”

“He shows great potential, but hes not there yet. But they werent there after being in the public eye for as short a time as Clooney has. It takes a long time to be a Cary Grant, to win the affection of the world the way he did.”

“Thats what she does so well. Molly always makes it a point to open my eyes to something new. Her whole take on movies is so much more intellectually based than mine. She also reads things into movies that I dont always see. Im not sure the filmmakers always saw those things.”

“Sexuality is overtly talked about now but wasnt really in those days.”

I think Elf is funny, with Will Ferrell. Thats a great Christmas movie.

Theres a lot of movies that arent all about Christmas, or where Christmas isnt the focus, but have that spirit of Christmas in them. I love that sequence in Auntie Mame, where shes in the department store, sewing at Macys, and she doesnt know how to do anything but fill out a form as cash on delivery!

My folks were busy. My dad was a teacher, and it was during the Second World War, and my mother was working. So I got my stories from films and books. I read a lot, and I love to read to this day.

As a kid growing up in a small town in Washington State, my only exposure to New York City was through movies. The town with its towering skyscrapers, fascinating people and teeming energy absolutely captivated me.

I used to write stories a lot because you had to fill your hours some other way than watching television. So my imagination was vivid, and I used to write a lot of stories. I wrote a novel, which I still have, which is so awful.