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Roger Ebert on Ego

Season 1 Episode 46 | 5m 31s

"I have innate confidence that I am right. Partially out of conviction and partially as a pose." - Roger Ebert in 1990. This episode contains excerpts of Lawrence Grobel's extended interviews with Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel in 1990. The famous duo worked side-by-side from 1975 until Siskel’s death in 1999, co-hosting the acclaimed show Siskel & Ebert.

Aired: 04/16/16
Extras
Ronald Reagan as interviewed by Bill Moyers on April 30, 1979.
Aldous Huxley as interview by Mike Wallace on May 18, 1958.
"If God didn‘t want me to sing it, he wouldn‘t have given me the talent to do it."
"We're going to investigate every single one of these hypotheses, and we'll tell you what
"I’m very interested in how people adapt to extremes” - Oliver Sacks on July 28, 1996
Marlene Dietrich in 1969, as interviewed by Jay Kent Hackleman
“I don’t feel any compulsion just to stand under the spotlight night after night unless I
"It’s okay being a woman now. I like it. Try it some time.” - Nora Ephron, 1975
“I‘m never going to become rich and famous” - Bob Dylan in 1962.
"I don‘t think that there‘s a girl around that would fit in with what we do."
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