I always preferred to hang out with the outcasts, 'cause they were cooler; they had better taste in music, for one thing, I guess because they had more time to develop one with the lack of social interaction they had! John Hughes
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A geek is a guy who has everything going for…
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
At the time I came along, Hollywood's idea of…
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
I don't want to be too cool. You get so…
I don't want to be too cool. You get so caught up with whether you're doing it right. John Hughes
I stumbled into this business, I didn't train for…
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
I didn't have this tortured childhood; I liked it.
I didn't have this tortured childhood; I liked it. John Hughes
A nerd will be a nerd all his life.
A nerd will be a nerd all his life. John Hughes
To have a song work for the movie, it can't…
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
It's like being at the kids' table at…
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
I used to judge the quality of music by whether…
I used to judge the quality of music by whether I could make a 90-minute cassette and not repeat any artists. John Hughes