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John Hughes
American Director
Born: Feb 18, 1950
Died: Aug 6, 2009
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Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
I happen to go for the simplest, most ordinary things. The extraordinary doesn't interest me. I'm not interested in psychotics. I'm interested in the person you don't expect to have a story. I like Everyman. John Hughes
Me You Extraordinary Everyman Simplest Like Most Go Expect Person Happen Not Interested Ordinary Story Interest Interested Ordinary Things Things
Many filmmakers portray teenagers as immoral and ignorant, with pursuits that are pretty base... But I haven't found that to be the case. I listen to kids. I respect them... Some of them are as bright as any of the adults I've met. John Hughes
Respect Met Teenagers Kids Immoral Some Pretty Case Pursuits Adult Any Listen Them Ignorant Many Base Bright Found Portray Filmmakers
People forget that when you're 16, you're probably more serious than you'll ever be again. You think seriously about the big questions. John Hughes
You People Seriously Big Think About More Questions Than Forget Big Questions Again Serious Ever
My heroes were Dylan, John Lennon and Picasso, because they each moved their particular medium forward, and when they got to the point where they were comfortable, they always moved on. John Hughes
Heroes Medium John John Lennon Point Picasso Particular Comfortable Because Always Got Were Moved Moved On Where Dylan Lennon Forward Each
I'm from Chicago, I live in Chicago and I wanted very much for the music in Chicago to succeed. John Hughes
Music Live Chicago Very Wanted Succeed Much
I don't want to be too cool. You get so caught up with whether you're doing it right. John Hughes
You Too Caught Doing Up Get Want Whether Cool Right
I was obsessed with romance. When I was in high school, I saw 'Doctor Zhivago' every day from the day it opened until the day it left the theater. John Hughes
Day Every Day Doctor School Every Saw High High School Obsessed Opened Until Left Romance Theater Movies
I find that screen kissing wears very thin very quickly. John Hughes
Find Wears Kissing Very Quickly Screen Thin
I don't consider myself qualified to do a movie about international intrigue - I seldom leave the country. John Hughes
Myself Country Consider Intrigue About Seldom Qualified Leave Movie International
I'm a former hippie, so clothes are important to me - your clothes defined you in that period. I guess clothes still defines people. But, I change a lot. I'm in my Brooks Brothers period now. John Hughes
Me You Change People Important Clothes Guess Defined Defines Brooks Brothers Period Still Hippie Lot Former Your Now
At the time I came along, Hollywood's idea of teen movies meant there had to be a lot of nudity, usually involving boys in pursuit of sex, and pretty gross overall. Either that or a horror movie. And the last thing Hollywood wanted in their teen movies was teenagers! John Hughes
Time Sex Teen Teenagers Pretty Horror Horror Movie Pursuit Had Idea Along Overall Involving Boy Came Lot Movie Wanted Either Movies Hollywood Meant Gross Thing Last
Advertising was fairly simple work, and I really just wanted a job where I could sit and write every day and not get fired for it like I had at other jobs, but it was fun. John Hughes
Work Day Every Day Simple Job Sit Every Other Jobs Could Write Fired Had Like Advertising Fairly Get Just Where Wanted Really Fun
I like young actors because they're so unspoiled, not like some of those actors who are about half an hour into their fifteen minutes of fame by the time they get to me. John Hughes
Time Me Half Young Those Some Minutes About Hour Like Because Fame Get Young Actors Fifteen Fifteen Minutes Who Actor By The Time
It's been about ten years since I've worked with actors who knew their lines! John Hughes
About Ten Ten Years Knew Since Been Years Lines Worked Who Actor
It's like being at the kids' table at Thanksgiving - you can put your elbows on it, you don't have to talk politics... no matter how old I get, there's always a part of me that's sitting there. John Hughes
Politics Thanksgiving Me You Matter Old Kids Table Part Put Like Talk Always How Get Sitting Being Elbows Your
I stumbled into this business, I didn't train for it. I yelled 'Action!' on my first two movies before the camera was turned on. John Hughes
Business First Before Action Stumbled Camera Yelled Train Movies Turned Two
I usually listen to surf music, not much instrumental music, and when I was younger I listened to jazz. John Hughes
Music Jazz Instrumental Surf Listen Listened Younger Much
The best sounds a kid will get is in a movie theater, with huge speakers, turned up loud. I always mix my music really loud. I don't care if you don't hear all the dialogue. The audience are not idiots. John Hughes
Music Best You Care Will Kid Audience Idiots Always Dialogue Sounds Mix Hear Huge Up Loud dont Care Get Movie Theater Movie Theater Turned Really Speakers
A geek is a guy who has everything going for him but he's just too young. He's got the software but he doesn't have the hardware yet. John Hughes
Young Too Software Everything Geek Guy He Him Got Going Just Who Hardware
My early prose style - this is so embarrassing - was sort of a suburban, Presbyterian knockoff of Woody Allen. John Hughes
Style Embarrassing Allen Prose Sort Woody Woody Allen Suburban Presbyterian Early
I used to judge the quality of music by whether I could make a 90-minute cassette and not repeat any artists. John Hughes
Music Quality Judge Cassette Could Make Repeat Any Artists Whether Used
I didn't have this tortured childhood; I liked it. John Hughes
Tortured Liked Childhood
If I'm on a roll, and I finish a script at 3:00, I'll start another at 3:02. John Hughes
Finish Another Roll Script Start
To have a song work for the movie, it can't just be written apart and shoved in. It's got to come out of the action. It's got to talk about the characters, not the story: it has to augment that action. John Hughes
Work Song Just Be Action Out Characters About Written Come Talk Got Just Movie Story Apart
It's arguable whether a hit song is gonna add to the business a film does. There are plenty of films that didn't do any business and sold a million albums. John Hughes
Business Song Films Add Sold Plenty Does Hit Any Whether Gonna Film Million Albums

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