When I was turning 40, I felt that there were no books out there that hit the spot in terms of what I wanted to read.
— Molly Ringwald
I think when people hear about a celebrity writing a book of any kind, the assumption is that it was dictated to a ghostwriter.
In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become.
When you say you're 40, you can't call yourself an ingenue any more.
I felt all the things that other teenagers felt. I was insecure in lots of ways, over-confident in others. I was very emotional. Excitable.
I never really felt like I belonged in California.
I just needed to leave Hollywood.
I'm so associated with being young and being with a teenager.
I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately.
Whatever it is that gives you that confidence will vary from person to person, but I do believe that it is the key to succeeding at anything in life - career, relationships, anything.
I used to sing with my father's jazz band and then when I was ten years old a musician friend of his suggested that I try out for the first west coast production of Annie.
I wish I had been more prepared, both for success and for failure, when I was younger.
I have a very independent spirit.
John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.
And to be honest, most actors are incredibly solipsistic.
I like to say, jazz music is kind of like my musical equivalent of comfort food. You know, it's always where I go back to when I just want to feel sort of grounded.
I don't really believe in regret. I think you can always learn from the past, but I wouldn't want a different life.
I've been called the Women's Auxiliary of the Brat Pack.
I do regret, as I described in my book, the time that I shaved off half of my eyebrows thinking that I could draw them in better - and they would grow back anyway.
Originally I considered myself a singer.
I never felt terribly comfortable in the public eye.
The cover I was really excited about was 'Seventeen' magazine. To me, it was much bigger than 'Time.' 'Seventeen' was where I wanted to be.
You can't be 16 forever.
People feel like they grew up with me.
I didn't have parents who were, you know, racing to get a reality television show, you know? Or looking to benefit in some way from their daughter's fame.
You never know when you read a script how it's going to turn out because so much depends on the collaboration between people. If I'd been in some of the movies I turned down, maybe they wouldn't have been a success.
