Molly Ringwald Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become.”
-- Molly RingwaldSource : "The Neverland Club" by Molly Ringwald, www.nytimes.com. August 11, 2009.
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“I grew up in a home filled with music and had an early appreciation of jazz since my dad was a jazz musician. Beginning at around age three I started singing with his band and jazz music has continued to be one of my three passions along with acting and writing. I like to say jazz music is my musical equivalent of comfort food. It’s always where I go back to when I want to feel grounded,”
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“The moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you.”
-- Molly RingwaldSource : Molly Ringwald (2012). “When It Happens to You”, p.118, Simon and Schuster
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“Yes, my kids come first, but as a parent I need to come to them with a fresh mind. I can't be too exhausted or too tired. And I am a better parent when I have more energy.”
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“When I was a little kid I thought I would grow up to be black and sing jazz in nightclubs.”
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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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“And to be honest, most actors are incredibly solipsistic.”
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“John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.”
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“I think when people hear about a celebrity writing a book of any kind, the assumption is that it was dictated to a ghostwriter.”
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“Getting the pretty back is about getting back in touch with your essential self: the part of you that knows what you really want.”
-- Molly RingwaldSource : Molly Ringwald (2010). “Getting the Pretty Back (Enhanced Edition): Friendship, Family, and Finding the Perfect Lipstick”, p.17, Harper Collins
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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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“I used to sing with my father's jazz band and then when I was ten years old a musician friend of his suggested that I try out for the first west coast production of Annie.”
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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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“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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“I never really felt like I belonged in California.”
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“I never felt terribly comfortable in the public eye.”
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“When I was turning 40, I felt that there were no books out there that hit the spot in terms of what I wanted to read.”
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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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“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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“If you leave home for a while ... you question the conventional wisdom you've grown up with. That doesn't mean you have to change your opinions or who you are, but it's good to ask the questions.”
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“I've done kissing scenes with people who have been loaded. I'd think, 'Do you actually have to drink that Jack Daniels to kiss me?'”
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“I can't believe I gave my panties to a geek.”
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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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“Did you work for the money to buy those earrings? Or did your Daddy buy those for you?”
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“From my experience, forgiving is the only way to survive.”
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“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.”
-- Molly Ringwald
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