Spencer Paysinger Quotes

When I watch 'Glee', it reminds me of my upbringing.

I always wanted to make a coming-of-age film, or something about growing up, like 'The Wonder Years,' 'Stand By Me' or 'Diner.'

Growing up, I didn't have any inspirations.

Movies were the biggest influence on me when I was a kid.

When I did 'Fast Times,' I felt very close emotionally to the characters. I liked those characters because they all had to work, so they were dealing with adult problems even though they were very immature, and I could relate to that.

I met Gerhard Richter and Alighiero Boetti when I was a teenager, and I was really inspired by them. When Boetti died, I realized I only vaguely remembered so many things he told me. It was such a pity. Had I only recorded his voice, he would still be with me, and I could listen to it from time to time.

It's always a really great feeling when I talk to people who watched 'Jett Jackson' because we were the same age. We were all kids. I was 13 when I started working on that show, and that was part of my childhood.

'Power Rangers' has changed a lot of lives.

Like I said, when I was a kid, they inspired me.

Youth is a time when we find the books we give up but do not get over.

I think that the beauty of 'Spud' is that everyone can connect to the character of Spud in so many ways. It's about real experiences that happen to kids all the time.

When I was a kid, I would be watching TV shows like, you know, like 'Get Smart' and be like, 'That's what being an adult is.'

'Felicity' was my 'Gilmore Girls' because I grew up in a small town.

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.

I'd seen 'Punky Brewster,' I'd seen 'Webster,' I saw 'Annie,' and it was time to either be an orphan or an actress.

There is a lot of my childhood in 'The Sandcastle Girls.'

There are a lot of people who influenced me, nurtured me, helped me along the way. But I can just recall looking back, the first time I got my baseball glove. Put it on the wrong hand, all those kind of things.

A certain point came when I wanted to document growing-up adventures.

Like all children, I spent a lot of time looking for idols.

For the most part, I've stayed as far away as possible from high school movies. I just don't find them to be that relatable to everybody? They become like this: 'Look at that period of time. Isn't that interesting?'

You can learn something from everyone in 'Game of Thrones,' whether it is something you learn not to do or something you learn to do.

If you make a film about childhood, you've got to pick a moment - you know, 'The 400 Blows.'

Role models should be people that you know. Like your mum.

Persona-wise, I represent a lot of people's childhoods.

As I kid I watched 'Star Trek' and 'Battlestar Galactica.'