Dave Clark Quotes

I've spent a lot of time in a rock n' roll band trying to fight off the fact that I was old enough to rent a car. And it's all sort of rushed in at once now. And I like it.

At 23 it was all about acting. Today it's getting my kids to school, making sure that they've done their homework. I'm in my fifties, and I'm turning into a square.

Who wants to be a 40-year-old rock and roller? You cannot live in the past.

Partying isn't as important to me anymore like it was when I was younger.

Of course you do things differently in your 30s and 40s than in your 20s.

I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let you in on a bit of a secret. You're going to look different, and your life is going to be different, but in your head you'll always be that 16-year-old girl.

The area of teenage life is not necessarily rarefied; we've all gone through that period. It's not as rarefied as a western or a space adventure or a gangster film, but it has its own dynamic.

I think I've matured to a great extent. I think that I want different things now. That it's not about the celebrity status that you receive because you're doing the next hot movie. It's about doing good work.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

I don't want to be carried out of a club wearing a tie-dye T-shirt and a cap on the wrong way around when I am 70, but I would like to settle down a bit. Maybe with a partner.

Hopefully I won't be 35 still playing a 16-year-old.

It's kind of a Peter Pan thing: I want to stay a kid. I love it. But I guess you have to grow up someday. Everybody does.

I'm still grappling with all the things most people resolve by the time they're 35. Maybe that's why I make music that is relevant to young people. I'm emotionally stuck at the age of 13.

Feels good to try, but playing a father, I'm getting a little older. I see now that I'm taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle.

I was wanting to be a kid at 18 instead of being a young woman.

When I see friends from school I think they've all grown old and I've stayed the same.

It is not easy to age in harmony with one's roles.

I was always a bit old for my age, then suddenly I'm on set, working alongside the adults, skipping school completely for two years.

You can't be 16 forever.

If you look at films about becoming a man, coming-of-age movies are made with 12-, 16-, 40-, 50-year-olds... For a guy to feel like he's a 100 percent grown-up is almost like giving up. Like admitting that you're on your way into the grave.

When you are young, nothing is more important than football, but as you get older, you get married, have kids and lose people. Then you realise your family is more important. This comes with age.

At the age of 16 I was already dreaming of having a baby because I felt myself to be an adult, but my mum forbid it. Right now, I feel like a teenager and I want to have fun for one or two more years before starting a family.

I went a little nuts in my twenties, but I just turned thirty and I feel, like, older now.

I've been doing this since I was 12... I don't want to act much longer; I can't do one thing my whole life.

Maybe something that's acceptable in your teens or 20s is unacceptable in your 30s or 40s.