I did not initially take to the music of the Ramones, because I had never really heard of them before. Allan Arkush had given me a cassette of the Ramones and said, "You're their No. 1 fan, so I want… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
I did Our Winning Season movie that Joe Roth produced, and Joe Ruben, who did Sleeping With The Enemy. He's a really cool director. That's where I met husband Dennis Quaid. Dennis and I met on location in Georgia, and I always thought that was a really great movie. That movie should be included, because it's a really terrific. It's… — P. J. Soles Copy Share
My strategy to show caricature idea of American youth culture, which I think worked after talking about it for so many years, is that I had only a few things. I wanted to buy my own wardrobe for Rock 'N' Roll High School, which of course they said "Yes" to, because their clothing budget was $200, and I ended up… — P. J. Soles Copy Share
The Ramones were a great bunch of guys. They were very quiet, very shy. They were a little in awe of the filmmaking process, probably because we started at 7 a.m. I do remember the very first day of shooting, I met them and did the scene in the bedroom where Joey sings to me, and they were all scattered… — P. J. Soles Copy Share
I went to Briar Cliff College initially, and then I transferred to Georgetown University, because I was a Russian major, and I was one… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
With Halloween, the director was this genius wonder boy who was the writer, director, producer, along with his girlfriend. They were this team, and they were making this small movie, and it was just completely different, but it was really inspiring and a lot of fun, and also allowed me to do a lot of improvisation, because they just depended… — P. J. Soles Copy Share
John Carpenter was very gentle. He was very tender. He really liked talking to actors. He really wanted you to be comfortable. He waited… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
I think Japans work really hard, and when they have a chance to listen to music, they just go crazy. And the Ramones would… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
The Ramones couldn't play in my key. They couldn't switch keys, so Ed Stasium literally had to play all the instruments for my version… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
It was always fun auditioning for commercials, because that was the beginning of my career, and me figuring out how I was going to… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
'Carrie' was a pretty big-budget movie at a real studio, with a director that had already done a bunch of things and had some… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
At 7 in the morning, Rob Zombie calls. I just let the machine answer it, because I'm like, "Who's calling me at 7 in… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
Joe Roth, who ended up becoming president of 20th Century Fox, he was the producer of Our Winning Season. This was one of his… — P. J. Soles Copy Share Image
