--- title: "15 Knows Quotes By Judd Nelson" description: "15 Knows quotes by Judd Nelson. Plus more from Judd Nelson and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/judd-nelson-4498_important_i-got-to-play-santa-too-it-s-really-impo_1035559.jpg" --- > [I got to play Santa, too. It's really important to play Santa, you know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/i-got-to-play-santa-too-it-s-really-important-to-play-santa-you-know/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/judd-nelson-4498_important_i-got-to-play-santa-too-it-s-really-impo_1035559.jpg) > [Paul Gleason played the teacher. I just tortured him as best I could. 'Cause he wasn't one of the kids, you know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/paul-gleason-played-the-teacher-i-just-tortured-him-as-best-i-could/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/216/judd-nelson-4498_causes_paul-gleason-played-the-teacher-i-just-t_1716577.jpg) > [You know who was wonderful to work with? Was Paul Gleason, may he rest in peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/you-know-who-was-wonderful-to-work-with-was-paul-gleason-may-he-rest/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e68/judd-nelson-4498_knows_you-know-who-was-wonderful-to-work-with_1714164.jpg) > [ \[St. Elmo's Fire\] it was pretty soon after that. I know we didn't do Breakfast Club knowing we were going to do… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/st-elmo-s-fire-it-was-pretty-soon-after-that-i-know-we-didn-t-do/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/judd-nelson-4498_breakfast_st-elmo-s-fire-it-was-pretty-soon-after_3059142.jpg) > [ \[In The Dark Backward \] someone who has writer's block and kills people in A Cabin By The Lake. I guess he's… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/in-the-dark-backward-someone-who-has-writer-s-block-and-kills-people/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/245/judd-nelson-4498_backward_in-the-dark-backward-someone-who-has-wri_512485.jpg) > [Stagecoach is really my first Western-Western, the whole horses and gunplay. It was really fun. We shot it fast, too. We got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/stagecoach-is-really-my-first-western-western-the-whole-horses-and/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/judd-nelson-4498_able_stagecoach-is-really-my-first-western-we_2583327.jpg) > [Breakfast Club was great because we had a real rehearsal, and we shot primarily in sequence. I thought that was going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/breakfast-club-was-great-because-we-had-a-real-rehearsal-and-we-shot/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/judd-nelson-4498_actors_breakfast-club-was-great-because-we-had_1835884.jpg) > [ You get the sense that \[John\] Hughes is so right about the way groups divide and then divide again and then sometimes… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/you-get-the-sense-that-john-hughes-is-so-right-about-the-way-groups/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3de/judd-nelson-4498_break_you-get-the-sense-that-john-hughes-is-so_2859710.jpg) > [I think that there's room for everyone. I don't think that if one person succeeds then another must fail. That's lunacy. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/i-think-that-there-s-room-for-everyone-i-don-t-think-that-if-one/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/judd-nelson-4498_facts_i-think-that-there-s-room-for-everyone-i_1245875.jpg) > [I worked with the late Leonard Frey. I did a play, and I would have these ideas and he would say, "I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/i-worked-with-the-late-leonard-frey-i-did-a-play-and-i-would-have/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/judd-nelson-4498_awful_i-worked-with-the-late-leonard-frey-i-di_2080916.jpg) > [It was an audition process after Breakfast Club, and I wasn't really sure I wanted to do the movie. There was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/it-was-an-audition-process-after-breakfast-club-and-i-wasn-t-really/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88a/judd-nelson-4498_auditions_it-was-an-audition-process-after-breakfa_1758140.jpg) > [I don't know if one's more typecasting than the other, or what I am more like. But I know that the high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/i-don-t-know-if-one-s-more-typecasting-than-the-other-or-what-i-am/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a40/judd-nelson-4498_class_i-don-t-know-if-one-s-more-typecasting-t_442123.jpg) > [Just because you’ve only been alive for fifteen years doesn’t mean you’re less anything except old. That’s all it means. It doesn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/just-because-you-ve-only-been-alive-for-fifteen-years-doesn-t-mean/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/judd-nelson-4498_alive_just-because-you-ve-only-been-alive-for_2356354.jpg) > [ I was just in a few episodes the first season \[ of Empire\]. They didn't kill me, but I haven't been back… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/i-was-just-in-a-few-episodes-the-first-season-of-empire-they-didn-t/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/judd-nelson-4498_actors_i-was-just-in-a-few-episodes-the-first-s_1611000.jpg) > [Voice-over stuff is so much fun because you don't have hair and makeup and wardrobe. You get to show up. And there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/voice-over-stuff-is-so-much-fun-because-you-don-t-have-hair-and/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67a/judd-nelson-4498_accents_voice-over-stuff-is-so-much-fun-because_2357046.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by Judd Nelson > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/catcher-in-the-rye-had-a-profound-impact-on-me-the-idea-that-we-all/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) > [Alien's a great one. That's a scary movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/alien-s-a-great-one-that-s-a-scary-movie/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) > [ \[John Hurt\] just really gifted, and I had a great time working with him and \[am\] very lucky to have worked with him. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/john-hurt-just-really-gifted-and-i-had-a-great-time-working-with-him/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) > [ I enjoyed \[playing lawyer in From The Hip\] as an ode to my dad. My dad went to Harvard and Harvard Law School, so… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/i-enjoyed-playing-lawyer-in-from-the-hip-as-an-ode-to-my-dad-my-dad/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) > [You have to be so confident and so gifted to fill five minutes of nothing at the very beginning of a play before even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/you-have-to-be-so-confident-and-so-gifted-to-fill-five-minutes-of/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/i-don-t-know-if-it-matters-what-country-you-re-from-size-of-the-city/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) > [ \[John\] Hughes was open to that \[rehearsal\]. This can only happen if the director and/or the writer are open to that. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/john-hughes-was-open-to-that-rehearsal-this-can-only-happen-if-the/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) > [Remember to be as smart as you are](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/remember-to-be-as-smart-as-you-are/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/you-have-to-kind-of-roll-with-the-punches-that-s-why-i-think-work/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/i-don-t-know-if-one-s-more-typecasting-than-the-other-or-what-i-am/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/it-s-like-they-talk-about-how-american-actors-have-the-method-and/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) > [ \[In The Dark Backward \] someone who has writer's block and kills people in A Cabin By The Lake. I guess he's a type… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/in-the-dark-backward-someone-who-has-writer-s-block-and-kills-people/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) > [Almost anything makes me laugh, especially jokes at my own expense. And I will never, ever admit to being ticklish anywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/almost-anything-makes-me-laugh-especially-jokes-at-my-own-expense-and/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) > [There was no one really like John Bender at my high school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/there-was-no-one-really-like-john-bender-at-my-high-school/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) > [Death is not my best subject.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/death-is-not-my-best-subject/) [Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-nelson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/judd-nelson/#itemlist", "name": "15 Knows Quotes By Judd Nelson", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I got to play Santa, too. 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And this idea that Michael Hall's character says, \"On Monday, are we going to be friends?\" you know, based on this.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Judd Nelson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-nelson/you-get-the-sense-that-john-hughes-is-so-right-about-the-way-groups/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3de/judd-nelson-4498_break_you-get-the-sense-that-john-hughes-is-so_2859710.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3de/judd-nelson-4498_break_you-get-the-sense-that-john-hughes-is-so_2859710.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3de/judd-nelson-4498_break_you-get-the-sense-that-john-hughes-is-so_2859710.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You get the sense that [John] Hughes is so right about the way groups divide and then divide again and then…” — Judd Nelson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think that there's room for everyone. 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