 I don`t consider myself qualified to do a movie about international intrigue - I seldom leave the country. It`s been about ten years since I`ve worked with actors who knew their lines!
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When I go to a concert, I can`t believe that people pay lots of money to see a band that they obviously like and then they dance the whole time.
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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.
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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!
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Fantastic! Right in the middle of that long stretch between Christmas and Spring Break, your coats are getting dirty, everything`s dark, dingy - what a great time for a movie!
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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.
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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.
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I so desperately hate to end these movies that the first thing I do when I`m done is write another one. Then I don`t feel sad about having to leave and everybody going away.
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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.
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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.
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My generation had to be taken seriously because we were stopping things and burning things. We were able to initiate change, because we had such vast numbers. We were part of the baby boom, and when we moved, everything moved with us.
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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!
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I find that screen kissing wears very thin very quickly.
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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.
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Why watch someone kissing when people really close their eyes when they kiss?
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Trivia
One reason that John Hughes films are set in Shermer, Illinois is because Northbrook was once called Shermerville. Furthermore, Glenbrook North High School is located on Shermer Road.
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Often writes roles for John Candy, Anthony Michael Hall, and Molly Ringwald.
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Father of writer/producer James Hughes and musician John Hughes.
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Inspired the "Brat Pack" movement of the 1980s.
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Uses the pen name Edmond Dantès, a homage to the lead character in The Count of Monte Cristo (1934).
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Is a fan of The Beatles and frequently has characters in his movies sing Beatles songs: Anthony Michael Hall (the Geek) sings "Birthday" in Sixteen Candles (1984), Jon Cryer (Duckie) sings "Love" in Pretty in Pink (1986), and Matthew Broderick (Ferris Bueller) sings "Twist & Shout" in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).
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Graduated Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook, Illinois, USA. [1968]
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Currently lives in Williams Bay, Wisconsin (2005)
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He wrote two movies where the main character is involved in a race with the theme from Chariots of Fire (1981) going on in the background (Mr. Mom (1983) and Vacation (1983)).
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A number of his movies have a small scene after the credits.
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Although he has been offered the distinguished alumni award from Glenbrook North High School, he has refused it in reflection of his not so great memories of the north shore and the school itself.
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Started out in the '70s as a writer for National Lampoon magazine.
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