My first love is acting on stage. A sitcom is a hybrid of stage and film. — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
[John] Hughes is a great loss, I think. He was the first filmmaker that could look at someone who was young without… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
The first animation thing I did was the first Transformers, the one that was animated many years ago. And I had heard… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
Young alienation, disappointment and heartache is all a part of the first real growing up that we do — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
We tried the first evening to go down Division Street and Rush Street, but we couldn't get in anywhere because they didn't… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
I was just in a few episodes the first season [ of Empire]. They didn't kill me, but I haven't been back… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
I went to acting school with Mario Van Peebles. For a little while, he was at the same school. So he asked… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
I remember Emilio [Estevez] and I were at John's house during the rehearsal process. And John [Huges] had mentioned he wrote the… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
My first paid acting job was a movie called Fandango. It also starred Kevin Costner. — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
Stagecoach is really my first Western-Western, the whole horses and gunplay. It was really fun. We shot it fast, too. We got… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
I did a Moonlighting episode because I was friends with Whoopi [Goldberg, who guest-starred in the same episode], and she asked me… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
I was living in New York, so I just rode my motorcycle up to the set [of New Jack City]. So first… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
Catcher in the Rye had a profound impact on me-the idea that we all have lots of dreams that are slowly being chipped away… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
[John Hurt] just really gifted, and I had a great time working with him and [am] very lucky to have worked with him. — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
I enjoyed [playing lawyer in From The Hip] as an ode to my dad. My dad went to Harvard and Harvard Law School, so… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
You have to be so confident and so gifted to fill five minutes of nothing at the very beginning of a play before even… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
I don't know if it matters what country you're from, size of the city you're from, urban or rural, there are people that are… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
[John] Hughes was open to that [rehearsal]. This can only happen if the director and/or the writer are open to that. — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
You have to kind of roll with the punches. That's why I think work begets work to a certain degree. I just try and… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
I don't know if one's more typecasting than the other, or what I am more like. But I know that the high school I… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
It's like they talk about how American actors have the method and English actors just kind of switch views faster. And John [Hurt] is… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
[In The Dark Backward ] someone who has writer's block and kills people in A Cabin By The Lake. I guess he's a type… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
![“[John] Hughes is a great loss, I think. He was the first filmmaker that could look at someone who was young without seeing them as being less.” quote by Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/999/judd-nelson-4498_filmmaker_john-hughes-is-a-great-loss-i-think-he-w_1022495.jpg)
![“We tried the first evening to go down Division Street and Rush Street, but we couldn't get in anywhere because they didn't like [ Emilio Estevez] sneakers and they didn't like my boots. This was 1983 or '84, so it was ridiculous. We ended up at a jazz club, where you go downstairs and there's a…” quote by Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/864/judd-nelson-4498_boots_we-tried-the-first-evening-to-go-down-di_1520175.jpg)
![“I was just in a few episodes the first season [ of Empire]. They didn't kill me, but I haven't been back in season two or three. I don't know if they have plans for me or not. But I enjoyed working on it. And I think it's a really talented group of actors and, boy, very enterprising to try and…” quote by Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1c2/judd-nelson-4498_actors_i-was-just-in-a-few-episodes-the-first-s_1611000.jpg)
![“I went to acting school with Mario Van Peebles. For a little while, he was at the same school. So he asked me if I wanted to do [ New Jack City]. He said, "There's not really a role. We'll figure something out. But would you like to?" And I was like, "Sure." 'Cause he said it was Chris Rock and…” quote by Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/afb/judd-nelson-4498_acting_i-went-to-acting-school-with-mario-van-p_1775481.jpg)
![“I remember Emilio [Estevez] and I were at John's house during the rehearsal process. And John [Huges] had mentioned he wrote the first draft of Breakfast Club in a weekend. And we both at the same time went, "First draft? How many do you have?" And John said he's got four other drafts. And we go…” quote by Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/01c/judd-nelson-4498_breakfast_i-remember-emilio-estevez-and-i-were-at_1215641.jpg)
![“I did a Moonlighting episode because I was friends with Whoopi [Goldberg, who guest-starred in the same episode], and she asked me to do it and I did it. But yeah, that was my first regular on a series, and it's because I'd met Brooke Shields a number of years earlier at a charity event.” quote by Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/49a/judd-nelson-4498_charity_i-did-a-moonlighting-episode-because-i-w_2635592.jpg)
![“I was living in New York, so I just rode my motorcycle up to the set [of New Jack City]. So first day of work for me was kind of tough. I get ready to get off my bike, and I'm surrounded by the security guards, who were Louis Farrakhan's Nation Of Islam guys. Who had the double-breasted suits and…” quote by Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/14d/judd-nelson-4498_bike_i-was-living-in-new-york-so-i-just-rode_2472825.jpg)
![“[John Hurt] just really gifted, and I had a great time working with him and [am] very lucky to have worked with him.” quote by Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9e6/judd-nelson-4498_gifted_john-hurt-just-really-gifted-and-i-had-a_161327.jpg)
![“I enjoyed [playing lawyer in From The Hip] as an ode to my dad. My dad went to Harvard and Harvard Law School, so he had some friends that practiced in Boston. So, there was a big law firm that he hooked me up with the senior partner, then the senior partner hooked me up with a young lawyer who…” quote by Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e3f/judd-nelson-4498_attorney_i-enjoyed-playing-lawyer-in-from-the-hip_212963.jpg)
![“[John] Hughes was open to that [rehearsal]. This can only happen if the director and/or the writer are open to that.” quote by Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/498/judd-nelson-4498_directors_john-hughes-was-open-to-that-rehearsal-t_277010.jpg)
![“It's like they talk about how American actors have the method and English actors just kind of switch views faster. And John [Hurt] is telling me the story as he's sitting in that witness chair, and they're putting the final touches of makeup on. And he goes, "Hold on a second," to stop his story…” quote by Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0ad/judd-nelson-4498_actors_it-s-like-they-talk-about-how-american-a_470630.jpg)
![“[In The Dark Backward ] someone who has writer's block and kills people in A Cabin By The Lake. I guess he's a type of serial killer, but I don't know.” quote by Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/245/judd-nelson-4498_block_in-the-dark-backward-someone-who-has-wri_512485.jpg)