Edward Zwick Quotes

There weren't a lot of 'Singin' in the Rain' fans in my age group.

'Grease' is an awesome movie. I wish they'd make a new one, more for our time. The graphics are terrible when you look back on it.

'Cinema Paradiso' is a fantastic film, I love that.

It's a phenomenon how 'Grease' is so popular; it really is.

'The Princess Bride' was a movie that I watched all the time.

Mrs. Robinson is a little dated now, but it has nothing to do with Joe DiMaggio.

It seems that when anything aimed at kids catches on, it causes the collective antennae of the older set to go up.

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

You know you're getting older when - well, first off, when you read almost any story that begins 'You know you're getting older when.' But you also know it when you not only never heard of the musical guest on a given 'Saturday Night Live' but never heard of the host, either.

Today's younger generation is no worse than my own. We were just as ignorant and repulsive as they are, but nobody listened to us.

'Hairspray' was a movie turned Broadway musical turned Hollywood remake, and that is the 'Lion King' circle of life as we know it in Times Square, the creative loop that swings for the stars and sometimes crashes into the upper deck.

I think one of the reasons 'The Karate Kid' film has stood the test of time, aside from 'Get him a body bag,' 'Sweep the leg,' catching flies with chopsticks, all of that stuff that's become pop culture, is that it worked on a human level.

'Gremlins' is one of those eternal movies that stands the test of time and that everyone loves and knows.

Boy George was only 7 years old when I was hot in '68.

I don't feel that old, but when I talk to these kids, I do feel old. Because I'm talking about taxes and all this other stuff that is very, very boring. And these guys are talking about music, and I'm like, 'Oh, I remember those days.'

The Macorinos and me - there's a big space between our generations. The people I was used to work with, we will do everything faster. And the Macorinos were more, like, calm. They were patient with music, and they were paying a lot of attention to the details.

I don't think 'Enter The Dragon' should ever be remade.

I was so obsessed with 'The Princess Bride.' I loved it so much that I even have a re-enactment I did of a radio play of the iocane powder scene.

'Hairspray' has never been irrelevant, which is, in some ways, heartbreaking.

I see the young guys coming out of college. They are bombing it past me. They hit it so far, they are leaving me in the dust.

I've never seen 'Gone with the Wind.' I don't know if that's something to be embarrassed about, but I know that I should have seen that movie by now.

There's also a certain segment that doesn't know what "Annie Hall" is. Seriously, it's true.

I surf. I would love to do a remake of 'Gidget.' It could be, like, black 'Gidget.'

I won't say that I dream of playing etched characters like Meena Kumari's in 'Pakeezah.' Though I have seen the film 20 times but you can't compete with something as classic as that.

I've never seen 'E.T.'