I like John Hughes movies.

I so related to John Hughes movies.

— Marielle Heller

I love John Hughes films.

— Peyton List

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.

— Ryan Gosling

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

— Jon Watts

I remember growing up watching John Hughes movies and watching these white kids from suburban Chicago. I connected to them even though I didn't…

— Rick Famuyiwa

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

— Freddie Prinze, Jr

I wanted to make a movie that was kind of a tribute to the way I feel when I watch a John Hughes movie.

— Joel Edgerton

John Hughes loved improvisers.

— Edie McClurg

I love all the movies by director John Hughes. I also love John Landis's movies.

— Robert Coppola Schwartzman

You can talk about Michael Jackson all you want, but John Hughes was the soundtrack to my 1980s life.

— Shawn Amos

[John] Hughes is a great loss, I think. He was the first filmmaker that could look at someone who was young without seeing them…

— Judd Nelson

John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.

— Molly Ringwald

I love Lee Ann Womack and John Prine. That's kind of my ideal cross point. If I can sing it like Lee Ann would…

— Kacey Musgraves

A lot of people didn't like John McCain.

— Jim Inhofe

I think there used to be more respect toward young people in movies. John Hughes really respects his characters and they're given their emotional…

— Marielle Heller