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I'm going to do all my movies here in Chicago. The 'Tribune' referred to me as a 'former Chicagoan.' As if, to do anything, I had... →
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.
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... →
Many filmmakers portray teenagers as immoral and ignorant, with pursuits that are pretty base... But I haven't found that to be the case. I... →
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 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... →
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... →
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... →
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... →
I'm from Chicago, I live in Chicago and I wanted very much for the music in Chicago to succeed.
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.
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... →
The best sounds a kid will get is in a movie theater, with huge speakers, turned up loud. I always mix my music really loud. I don't care if you... →
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