152 Quotes by Robert Thompson

Then, all of a sudden, it was big money. It went from small stakes to huge stakes, but at the same time, it was still very challenging.

The music is secondary. The real pull is watching people grab for the brass ring. They're climbing the ladder. This is the great American story.

So when we're watching The Sopranos in reruns ten years from now, on a big-screen, it will still look good.

And the most amusing thing is when they would start behaving as if this were the Super Bowl.

The big thing is going to be when it becomes standard equipment in cars.

Alcoholic beverages are to New Year's as a turkey is to Thanksgiving and a jack-o'-lantern is to Halloween. It's the central iconographic image. There's not much else.

You're seeing law enforcement falling apart and a modern, industrialized city brought to a complete breakdown, and these stories about the looting and the sniper fire are very much playing into this.

This is a pretty big deal. Last year, we had New Year's Eve without Dick Clark and now New Year's Day without college football games. What's become of the holiday?

This is one of Ellen DeGeneres' specialties. When you do an Emmy awards after a crisis like this, you need to fulfill the purpose of the awards show and yet not seem too self-important. She seems to be very good at it.