Molly Ringwald Quotes
I can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles.
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We lived on isolated farms and ranches, far from anybody, and when I was young I knew very few other kids, so I lived to a great extent in my imagination.
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I don't deal in pretentious kids' parties.
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Film is anti-language.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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Our teachers are operating just as effective leaders in the business world do. They set a vision that most people think is crazy. They convince the kids why it's important to accomplish the goal. And they are totally relentless.
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Our feature film, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Two,' has a built-in fan base from the original film.
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A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.
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People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'
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The more understanding we have about what's going on in our own brain will just make us more capable in our own jobs, in telling our kids we love them, and living a fulfilling life.
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I want to just be what kids believe in.
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I make sure that whatever film I do, I enjoy my role.
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With 'Girls,' it doesn't really feel like I'm doing TV specifically. It just feels like we're making a really long film.
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What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?
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A film has its own life and takes its own time.
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I would love to continue in music, with writing... but I am not the kind of person who will hang around if I start to become irrelevant. If that happens, I will bow down gracefully, raise my kids, and have a garden. And I am going to let my hair go gray when I am older. I don't need to be blonde when I'm 60!
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We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That's just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live up, or down, to expectations.
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When I was a kid, we all knew who Niki Lauda was. He was a hero, a living legend in Germany. Everybody knows him. And he's still very present on TV because he's commenting for Formula One.
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When I am not working, I try to watch more than one film a day if I can.
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We all should be concerned if our kids don't know who Sandra Day O'Connor, John Adams, and Ronald Reagan are.
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I want to be in a stable relationship and have kids by the time I'm 30.
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My mother grew up strong. She was a charismatic leader among her peers, staging plays, organizing projects, raising money for charity; she was fiercely protective of her younger brother, with whom she shared a passion for jazz and rock and roll.
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I can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles.
