- Roger Ebert: [reviewing "Ronin"] I also liked the fact that the briefcase is never explained. You know what I think was in the briefcase? I think the briefcase contains the briefcase from "Pulp Fiction".
- [Gene chuckles]
- Roger Ebert: Obviously. Because this is a perfect McGuffin, as Hitchcock defines it: It doesn't matter what's in the briefcase, it only matters that everybody wants it.