Collaborators Quote by Judd Nelson

John Hughes loved improvisers.

— Edie McClurg

John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.

— Molly Ringwald

My life with Howard Hughes was and shall remain a matter on which I will have no comment.

— Anonymous

“But artists didn't need to achieve "firsts", and Hughes wanted to be an artist.”

— Diane Middlebrook

For years, Warner Bros. was trying to get me to make a movie about Howard Hughes.

— Warren Beatty

[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

[Howard Hughes ] approached filmmaking like he approached all of his inventiveness - it gave him an opportunity to make a name for himself…

— Alden Ehrenreich

Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god... I loved his idea of what filmmaking was.

— Martin Scorsese

From a vocal standpoint, Glenn Hughes is just a god.

— John Corabi

John's legacy? His bravery. When he had the power, he used it. He really wanted peace on Earth, and John's lyrics, well, that's the…

— Astrid Kirchherr

“The writing seemed like the books that held it; crumbly and antique and bearing the stink of centuries. Still, it was compelling. His voice…

— Lauren Groff

By the time we made "Abbey Road", John and I were openly critical of each other's music, and I felt John wasn't much interested…

— Paul McCartney