Roger Ebert: What Made You Give Up On Life?

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Roger Ebert: What made you feel like giving up on life?
Hamlet: I wanted to taketh it upon myself to giveth up on mortal coil when my father died and I had to findeth out that it was my own uncle who killed him.
Roger Ebert: What made you feel like fighting against death?
Hamlet: What made me fighteth against quietus is knowing that I can overcometh whatever I'm going through and things will get better.
Roger Ebert: Why do you compare dying to sleep?
Hamlet: I feeleth like dying is like sleeping because when thou sleep thou are peaceful and sometimes can't feel anything and that's how I feeleth like death would be.
Roger Ebert: What do you think happens to people after death?
Hamlet: I believe that whoever dies will just go into a peaceful sleep and never waketh up.
Roger Ebert: What's an advice you would give to people who want to suicide?
Hamlet: My advice is that no matter how hard thou life is going and how much thou want to give up. Never give up, there is always a way up.
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Ebert: I’ve struggled so much through my life with my health issues but I've never believed in being depressed and ending my life
Hamlet: When did thou feel at your lowest point?
Ebert: I felt like I was at my lowest point when I was going in and out of the hospitals almost every day because something would go wrong right after they had already fixed another problem.
Hamlet: What makes thou value mortal coil?
Ebert: My job as a film critic is something that really makes me value life because it’s something that I'm very passionate about.
Hamlet: How did you get over a bad moment?
Ebert: Whenever I felt upset I would get to work and do some writing so I can distract myself that way I really don't have time to think about the bad things because I don’t have time.
Hamlet: Who is someone who has been there for thou?
Ebert: Someone who has been there for me was my wife Chaz Ebert because she has been nothing but supportive throughout the hard

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