John Hughes
John Hughes
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth18 February 1950
CountryUnited States of America
movies music reason
The only reason I got into movies was because I had no music talent.
intrigue seldom
I don't consider myself qualified to do a movie about international intrigue - I seldom leave the country.
approach gonna guys music respect respectful stick stores
When I approach a band, I want to respect them and be respectful of their music. I'm not gonna say, 'Look, you guys are real hot, so we'll stick you in the movie, and we'll get it in all these stores and all these stations.' That isn't right.
prose woody
My early prose style - this is so embarrassing - was sort of a suburban, Presbyterian knockoff of Woody Allen.
advice rallying slowly tech tread
My advice would be to be careful, to tread slowly here. A lot of what is rallying is the beaten-down tech stocks.
attract player style type
(Cregg) is the type of player and the style of player we want to attract at our club.
listened music surf younger
I usually listen to surf music, not much instrumental music, and when I was younger I listened to jazz.
angle driven example higher market positive stocks
This is an example of the resiliency of the market, of what has driven stocks higher for months. You've got PPI, GE, not so great, but they find a positive angle and take the market up,
buying change good mean movement progress stocks
The buying is broad-based, and the movement in some of these stocks is significant, particularly for technology, ... I think we're making some good progress today. It could mean a change in tone.
script
If I'm on a roll, and I finish a script at 3:00, I'll start another at 3:02.
business camera movies train turned yelled
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.
band believe lots money obviously pay people
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.
music
I'm from Chicago, I live in Chicago and I wanted very much for the music in Chicago to succeed.
burning initiate moved seriously stopping taken vast
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.