Quotes About Nostalgia

Growing up, my best friend was the movie theaters. I'd go to the movies every week, multiple times a week, with my dad or alone.

I wasn't hanging around the movie theaters in New York where I grew up, a Manhattan brat.

The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters.

I had this thing about hanging out in dark theaters. My family thought I grew out of a rock.

My brother and I spent our childhood in movie theaters screaming. I decided early on that that was the epitome of entertainment. I'm always trying for that same level of adrenaline in my books.

The first movie I saw was 'Prince of Egypt' - that was the first movie I saw in theaters.

My parents used to take me to a lot of theatre when I was young.

I feel a lot more comfortable on stage in the theatre. It just reminds me of being a kid and doing pantomimes.

Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.

My mum raised us on classic movies and a lot of musical theatre.

My biggest ambition when I was younger was to appear on stage at what was then Nimrod, which is the theatre where my father used to take me on Sunday afternoons to see matinees. The most extraordinary things used to occur on that stage.

My dad and I used to do movie marathons when I was a kid at the Chinese Theatre, and I just remember thinking, 'One day I want to have a movie here' And then later on, when 'Save The Last Dance' premiered there, that was definitely a full circle moment.

Theatrical is fantastic. I don't think anything will ever replace the big dark room, the screen and the popcorn. You can kind of do it in your home if you have a nice screen, but it's not the same thing.

I used to do karaoke with Patrick Woolf in a karaoke box, and he would ring me up and say, 'Come down and do karaoke with me here,' and then we'd sing Kate Bush songs and get really, really emotional and theatrical in the booth.

As far as the theatrical experience is concerned, I will be highly disappointed if that goes away. I have grown up watching films in theatres so that community experience should never go.

My memories mean a lot to me, and I hold them close to my heart.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

Like a lot of kids, I had a Superman cake or different theme cakes, but then I hit the age where I think my mom thought I was ready for the German chocolate cake that she makes for my dad. Just the sight of that, the taste of that frosting, just reminds me of being at home with my mom and my dad and my sister and my friends.

I remember my sisters, they loved a movie called 'The Naked Island.' And the flute was actually playing the main theme. A Japanese movie. A beautiful movie from 1961. I remember hearing this music with a flute many, many times a day at home.

The 'Jonny Quest' theme had a huge influence on me while I was growing up.

I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You're always looking for a theme for your high school years.

I like to try to capture places that a lot of people went to or have a deep emotional connection to. Malls, abandoned speedways, abandoned theme parks. To me, those are most interesting kinds of things to capture.

The theme of 'A Christmas Story' is that you can count on Christmas - that everybody has a Christmas story. Everybody has that time in the holiday season that they remember.

The theme of 'Bombay' will make you fall in love with it again and again.