The movie industry is all about glitz and glamor and when someone doesn’t look right the paparazzi has a field day. That isn’t deterring Roger Ebert, long time columnist at Chicago Sun Times and popular television personality, from public appearances.

Left looking disfigured and unable to talk since surgery remove cancer from his facial area, Ebert has called out the paparazzi to take pictures of him writing in his column this week, and borrowing from Gone With the Wind, “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”

Ebert will be making an appearance at his 8th annual ‘Overlooked Film Festival’ which spotlights movies that he feels didn’t get enough credit. The festival runs until Sunday night.