“The Goonies' is classic. That's, like, the movie I bring with me if I go out of town for a long time, because it just makes me think of the best times I've seen it with my friends growing up. Dude, everybody knows that movie, everybody watches that film. Best family film ever made.” IfsThinkingKnowsLongMadeFilmWatchesGrowing UpGrowingLong TimeMy FriendsTownsClassicBest TimesBest FamilyFriends Growing Up Author:Logan Lerman
“Yeah, I’ve played a lot of instruments, and I played in a lot of bands growing up and I’ve even had to play music in a lot of films that I’ve done.” DonePlayFilmGrowing UpGrowingBandYeahInstruments Author:Alessandro Nivola
“Growing up, my sisters and I would always talk stories. One of my frustrations was I didn't know anything about cameras. I didn't know how to make a film and I obviously didn't have a special effects budget. I was a kid. So I was learning to draw to get down the stuff that was in my head, that I couldn't afford to actually do.” KnowsStoriesKidsFilmStuffKnow HowGrowing UpGrowingSpecialEffectsDrawsCamerasBudgetsFrustrationMy SisterSpecial Effects Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.” CountryBigsFilmGrowing UpGrowingDramaLandscapeVastnessAmerican Film Author:Baz Luhrmann
“You always have to give back to the fans. I remember being a fan of television and film when I was growing up and if I would've had the opportunity to meet somebody that I watched on television, it would've made my day, it would've made my life.” IfsGivingMadeRememberFilmOpportunityGrowing UpGrowingFansTelevisionGiving Back Author:Jon Huertas
“And so I look back on not just the last ten years but everything that I've done as being sort of an ongoing growing continual film school. I mean I don't think I've got to a point where I've achieved anything that feels like, a particular milestone, but there's still a lot more to learn and hopefully a lot more films to make.” ThinkingFeelsYearsLooksMeanStillsDoneSchoolLastsFilmGrowingParticularTenHopefullyOngoingMilestoneFilm School Author:Peter Jackson
“Id never really considered film. If Id thought about film more growing up, I probably would have changed my name. I had no concept of my name in lights.” IfsLightFilmNamesGrowing UpGrowingChangedConcepts Author:Chiwetel Ejiofor
“I would love to do anything involving a good strong character, whether its in film, TV or theatre. My dream roles already been taken by Keira Knightley in Pride and Prejudice. Growing up, I really wanted to be Lizzie Bennett.” CharacterDreamWantedFilmStrongRolesGrowing UpTakenGrowingTvsPridePrejudiceTheatreInvolvingStrong Character Author:Roxanne McKee
“I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the detective Dick Tracy. It was one of my favourite movies as a kid, and he really inspired me. I would have loved to be part of that golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s. It made me want to become an actor.” WantMadeKidsAgeFilmActorsBoysGrowing UpGrowingHollywoodInspiredGoldenObsessedFavouriteDetectivesGangstersGolden AgeTracy Author:Ryan Gosling
“Children model the behavior of adults, on whatever scale is available to them. Ours are growing up in a nation whose most important, influential men - from presidents to the coolest film characters - solve problems by killing people. ... We have taught our children in a thousand ways, sometimes with flag-waving and sometimes with a laugh track, that the bad guy deserves to die.” PeopleMenWayChildrenImportantSometimesCharacterProblemFilmGuyDiesNationsPresidentLaughingGrowing UpGrowingTaughtThousandBehaviorModelsAdultsDeserveMurderOur ChildrenKillingTrackAvailableSolveScalesFlagsBad GuysInfluentialFlag Waving Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“My dad hasn't said much about his college days. Oh, a few times, he might start telling stories. And I've seen some highlight film of him from college. I remember thinking he looked really small. Which is funny, because growing up, I thought he was a pretty big guy.” ThinkingSaidStoriesBigsMightRememberFilmGuyGrowing UpGrowingCollegeDadMy DadNflHighlightsTelling StoriesBig GuysCollege Days Author:Andrew Luck
“Growing up, I didn't have television. My dad would make up stories and tell me stories, so my imagination ran wild. When I did see films, which was very few and far between, that was such an interesting medium that was so new to me. It wasn't something that was just part of my life, so it was really appealing and so different that I enjoyed that.” DifferentStoriesFilmImaginationInterestingGrowing UpGrowingTelevisionDadMy DadMediumsEnjoyedRanMy Imagination Author:Shiloh Fernandez
“I think my mom is the inspiration of me wanting to do film and TV and be an actor because she loved film so much. She loved, like, horror films and action films, so growing up, she loved watching all the Charles Bronson films and all the westerns.” ThinkingInspirationActionFilmActorsGrowing UpGrowingTvsMomHorrorMy MomHorror FilmAction Films Author:Rick Gonzalez
“Coaching staff: I know there's days you look at that film and you want to kill me. I'm not playing defense, taking bad shots, getting too many techs. But you always believe that I can be the guy. Through the tough times, you guys never left my side... That's something that I really appreciate and I never want to take you guys for granted. I thank you so much for being part of my life. And not just on the basketball court, but giving me talks about growing as a man first, and a basketball player next.” KnowsMenWantGivingFirstsBelieveLooksI CanFilmGuyNextLeftSidesGrowingPlayerBasketballShotsToughAppreciateCourtDefenseGrantedCoachingStaffKill MeAlways BelieveTough TimesBasketball PlayerHumblingMvpBasketball CourtCoaching StaffPlaying Defense Author:Kevin Durant