Molly Ringwald Quotes

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Molly Ringwald

Profession : Actress

Birth : February 18, 1968

I like to say, jazz music is kind of like my musical equivalent of comfort food. You know, it's always where I go back to when I just want to feel sort of grounded.

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I don't really believe in regret. I think you can always learn from the past, but I wouldn't want a different life.

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You can't be 16 forever.

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Whatever it is that gives you that confidence will vary from person to person, but I do believe that it is the key to succeeding at anything in life - career, relationships, anything.

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When you say you're 40, you can't call yourself an ingenue any more.

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I'm so associated with being young and being with a teenager.

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People feel like they grew up with me.

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I wish I had been more prepared, both for success and for failure, when I was younger.

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I've been called the Women's Auxiliary of the Brat Pack.

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I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately.

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You never know when you read a script how it's going to turn out because so much depends on the collaboration between people. If I'd been in some of the movies I turned down, maybe they wouldn't have been a success.

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I didn't have parents who were, you know, racing to get a reality television show, you know? Or looking to benefit in some way from their daughter's fame.

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I just needed to leave Hollywood.

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And to be honest, most actors are incredibly solipsistic.

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I never really felt like I belonged in California.

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John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.

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I felt all the things that other teenagers felt. I was insecure in lots of ways, over-confident in others. I was very emotional. Excitable.

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The cover I was really excited about was 'Seventeen' magazine. To me, it was much bigger than 'Time.' 'Seventeen' was where I wanted to be.

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I have a very independent spirit.

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I never felt terribly comfortable in the public eye.

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