Quotes About Nostalgia

You can't change what Memphis means to me, what Memphis has meant to me. It's a special place for me. There's no doubt.

Since childhood, Claridge's has always been a very special place for me. I associate it with celebrations, happy times.

Darjeeling holds a special place in my heart as a lot of my film, 'Yaariyan,' was shot there.

Indiana is always home to me. It holds a special place in my heart.

London has always held a special place in my heart.

All the roles I've played have a very special place in my heart.

I have this romanticized idea of dance music in the '90s because, obviously, I was way too young to be a part of it. So I have this rose-tinted idea of it. I have this idea of it being a very special time. But I still don't know that much - I can never remember any names of seminal artists.

I think the '70s was a very special time. Melodies and rhythm ruled as dancing climaxed.

I have an insatiable palate. I'll try anything once, with an open mind. However, there is a special place in my heart for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Don't get me wrong, I've sampled specialty Mac & Cheese all over the world, but nothing competes with the stuff I grew up on.

I miss the simplicity of college, with specific due dates, a consistent schedule, and a solid routine.

What I remember myself from films, and what I love about films, is specific scenes and characters.

I was a huge comic book fan as a kid. The only problem I had with comic books is how expensive they got. I didn't have a lot of money, so I had to be very specific about what I wanted to collect. I think they're all somewhere in the basement of my folks' house.

Looking back at those great singers like Gordon MacRae and Howard Keel - they have such a specific kind of style that it seems like we don't really appreciate anymore.

My mom would have different fragrances for different times of the year. They were a part of her identity. I don't remember the specific ones she used, but I remember the bottles.

One of my biggest and most influential was 'The Golden Girls.' That show, I remember specific episodes.

I kind of grew up on musicals, specifically, for whatever reason. They're something that really attracted me as a child.

I'm pretty deep into '80s nostalgia, specifically children's entertainment, so a lot of California Raisins, Garfield, Alf - that's kind of a lot of the clothes I have and cherish the most.

I always loved 'The Critic' and how specifically 'New York' it was.

Growing up, I was all about Jim Varney's character, Ernest P. Worrell, specifically 'Ernest Goes to Camp.' I was also obsessed with '3 Ninjas,' 'Cop and a Half' and 'Rookie of the Year.'

I loved old black and white movies, especially the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals. I loved everything about them - the songs, the music, the romance and the spectacle. They were real class and I knew that I wanted to be in that world.

I was raised on John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee series. Something about this genre - hard-boiled-private-eye-with-heart-of-gold - never failed to take me away from whatever difficulties haunted my daily world to a wonderful land where I was no more than an enthralled spectator.

I think my younger self would be more amazed to know I was doing an interview for 'The Spectator.'

Cinema builds memories; great films continue to exist in the spectator's mind. We are naturally capable of and prone to nostalgia. A spectator will reconstruct a film he or she has seen, years later, and may even change their original opinion. One critic, for example, once gave the finger to one of my films; later he wrote me to apologize.

I can't remember the last time I've been to a football game as a spectator.