“When I approach a band, I want to respect them and be respectful of th...” — John Hughes Quote

“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.”

“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.”

“I find that screen kissing wears very thin very quickly.”

“As we exit the E.U., there must be a new approach to immigration that has the consent of the British people and is managed in their interests.”

“I still approach a scene as one would approach a solo. There's nothing set or pat.”

“The one size fits all approach of standardized testing is convenient but lazy.”