33 Quotes by Peter Travers

She's on the fringes of both films but manages to create indelible impressions in characters the screenplays barely filled in. She's never the same from character to character. Maybe she's too attractive or too much of a chameleon for Oscar voters to realize that a true star - the kind that acts as well as shines - is in our midst.

If it were Paul Walker in Snakes on a Plane , no one is going. You know Sam will have his usual spark and sense of humor.

What I like most about rap and hip-hop is its authenticity, and what this movie lacked was authenticity. ... I wasn't believing him as him. It's not a disaster, but it's certainly a missed opportunity.

I think Meryl Streep has some kind of miracle elixir that makes the Academy nominate her every time she makes a movie,

The Academy likes to double up when they give awards away.

We've been hearing this year how there are no Oscar favorites, ... Now, with 'American Beauty' receiving eight nominations ... it goes into the Oscars as the 'favorite.'

The pieces in the trailer suggest you may get older but you can stay immature forever.

There's a stink coming off the big-screen 'Dukes of Hazzard' that even fans of the TV series (1979 to 1985) won't be able to shake out of their nostrils.

It used to be that his movies made too much money, ... But now he's made a movie that made almost no money at all. So this was a chance to reward him for his artistic endeavors. And still they said, 'No, it's not happening.'