“'The Graduate' should have won best picture over 'In the Heat of the N...” — Andy Kindler Quote

'The Graduate' should have won best picture over 'In the Heat of the Night.'

I will say that I wasn't susceptible to Tony Robbins-like pitches, even as a younger man.

I have so many strong opinions on the entertainment industry, but if I'm in a deli somewhere, and someone says they love that Adam Sandler movie where he dresses up as his twin sister - well, I don't want to make people feel bad for how they feel about things. I'm always courteous, not mean.

If I love a comic but they have an off night, who am I to say they should have taken out this or added that? It doesn't work that way... I have no interest in hurting people's feelings.

My mother was a proud and capable woman. She was among the first class of college graduates after China's Cultural Revolution, then immigrated to the U.S. by herself.

My graduate study was interrupted, like that of many others, by World War II.

My dad painted cars for a living. He didn't graduate from high school.

My career is really, really important, and I love it, but the life highs - like seeing my son graduate - need to me to be more important than the career highs, which are fleeting.

I like to say that journalism is the graduate school from which you never graduate.