Teen Movies Quotes

It's important for Asian American kids to see themselves in stories and to feel seen. They need to know that their stories are universal, too, that they, too, can fall in love in a teen movie. They don't have to be the sidekick; they can be the hero.

The Brat Pack is timeless.

'Superbad' and 'Remember the Titans' - two movies I can watch over and over again. I watch 'Superbad' whenever I need to laugh.

It was fun to play that surreal high school life [in Jawbreaker]. I was a huge fan of the movie Heathers. But I think at the time - you know, when the movie was released, it was a very limited release, and it didn't do very well at the box office. And I love the fact that it has found legs and that the audience has kept growing and growing over the years.

I was in the final running for the Zac Efron role in 'High School Musical.'

John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.

I'd never made a teen comedy in my life.

Yes! I'm also a big fan of the movie '10 Things I Hate About You,' which was also based on Shakespeare.

I was just after Generation X. I missed the John Hughes movies; I had to watch them on TBS.

I like the 'Twilight' films.

At the time I came along, Hollywood's idea of teen movies meant there had to be a lot of nudity, usually involving boys in pursuit of sex, and pretty gross overall. Either that or a horror movie. And the last thing Hollywood wanted in their teen movies was teenagers!

I'd seen all of John Hughes's movies. All the Spielberg stuff. A bunch of '80s horror, like 'Evil Dead.'

The Goonies' I love. 'Heathers' too.

There are so many great John Hughes movies covering so many different genres. You can pull so much from him.

I just sort of feel like John Hughes movies are perfect, but they're missing violence. If they just had some violence, they'd be perfect.

When I started writing, there was nothing about zombies. It was all teen movies, which to me are scarier than zombies, but that's another story.

I built my entire career off of teen comedies. I was in 'Bring It On'.

After 'Freaky Friday,' another teen movie was not on my playlist.

I find that the stuff on television is more exciting than the films, which are for teens almost.

My favorite thing about 'Superbad' is it values male friendship.

I love 'Heathers.' I love 'Spring Breakers.'

I've never done a teen movie before, but I certainly could tell you some of the ones I came very close on. I was very close on Clueless and She's All That.

I loved everything about that movie [Jawbreaker]. The fashion, the friendship amongst all of us girls... it was great. We had a blast filming it, and it was really wonderful. It was a very special time.

[10 Things I Hate About You] keeps popping up, and it's become a go-to film specifically for adolescent girls who are trying to find their voice, which is a really important thing, and the characters in the film, the two sisters played by Julia Stiles and Larisa Oleynik, they became archetypes for young teenage girls to look up to and emulate.

I watched a lot of movies about teenagers, including 'The Last Picture Show,' 'American Graffiti,' 'Rumblefish.' It's one of my favorite genres.