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A nerd will be a nerd all his life.

~John Hughes

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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

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When I did 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', I had the idea on Monday and the following Tuesday it was in budget at Paramount. I couldn't walk.

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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.

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If I'm on a roll, and I finish a script at 3:00, I'll start another at 3:02.

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I'd rather make music if I had the talent.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I don't think I'm making any great statements, and I certainly don't think I'm making art.

~John Hughes

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: February 18th, 1950

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