Romesh Ranganathan Quotes

I think if you ignore the generation after yours, you will be obsolete very quickly.

Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro.

It's interesting because a lot of my 16-year-old kids' friends know me from 'Wedding Crashers,' and not so much Bond. My kids have a good laugh. I was 20 then. The look I had then was the look that a lot of their friends are assuming now. They think it's cool. What goes around comes around.

My biggest crisis is that I don't understand what young people like.

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders.

It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what's cool.

Doing things like 'Extras' and 'Little Britain' keeps me in with the youngsters.

It is enough if I can be relevant. It is more about me keeping up with youngsters than influencing youngsters. So I just want to stay relevant, really.

It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound like an old man trying to write for kids. I spend a lot of my time spying on them.

I've often accused my grandchildren of never having seen one of my films.

You never know how things will last, if they will last, and how people will use them in the future. It was a fun movie for young people at the time in the 80s; but it struck a cord with people and it has lasted so I'm very proud of being a part of that.

I have been a huge nerd to my kids. I haven't done the cool movies that they like. With '24,' I gained a lot of respect. '24' is now, it's hip, it's their generation.

In my parents' generation, rebellion was pop culture. It's not anymore.

I don't know how many 78-year-olds are listening to 98 Degrees music.

Whenever I watch a show and twentysomethings have a lot of 'Star Wars' references, I know it's written by a 40-year-old dude.

It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.

Television is a young person's medium.

My children haven't even seen most of my movies.

I'm 48 now and whatever I get music-wise, I get from my kids and that's it. I don't think I'll ever be hip again!

I also think a Hot Mom is someone who can connect with what's current in her kids' world.

My dad was a great movie companion. He wouldn't diminish 'The Jerk.' If I liked it, he liked it. He could see it through my eyes.

I really enjoy the company of my kids... I'm not one of those people who goes 'Yeah, my kids are my mates', that's a dreadful kind of mother, but I'm fortunate that there are times that they do want me around, and I feel lucky that they let me into their world.

Pop music should be about young people.

You can go to the Internet and know more than your mom in two seconds. It's crazy how fast teenagers have knowledge and information these days. So, I think it's harder to say, 'Your father and I know more than you.'

Younger people are discovering my work, even though my reggae is not like theirs.