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.
- Molly Ringwald
Jazz, Back, Equivalent, Comfort Food
In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become.
- Molly Ringwald
Special, Always, Determine, Helps
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.
- Molly Ringwald
Jazz, Production, Jazz Band, Annie
I never felt terribly comfortable in the public eye.
- Molly Ringwald
Eye, Never, Public, Public Eye
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.
- Molly Ringwald
Regret, Grow, Half, Shaved
I think when people hear about a celebrity writing a book of any kind, the assumption is that it was dictated to a ghostwriter.
- Molly Ringwald
Think, Celebrity, I Think, Dictated
I'm so associated with being young and being with a teenager.
- Molly Ringwald
Young, Being, Associated, 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.
- Molly Ringwald
Making Mistakes, Making, Privately
I've been called the Women's Auxiliary of the Brat Pack.
- Molly Ringwald
Women, Been, Pack, Brat
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.
- Molly Ringwald
Racing, Television, Some, Reality Television
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.
- Molly Ringwald
Excited, Bigger, About, Seventeen
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.
- Molly Ringwald
Emotional, Other, Very, Insecure
And to be honest, most actors are incredibly solipsistic.
- Molly Ringwald
Honest, Most, Incredibly, To Be Honest
I never really felt like I belonged in California.
- Molly Ringwald
Never, Like, Felt, Belonged
When you say you're 40, you can't call yourself an ingenue any more.
- Molly Ringwald
Say, More, Call, Ingenue
John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.
- Molly Ringwald
Impact, Huge Impact, John, Hughes
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
Out, Read, Felt, Turning
Originally I considered myself a singer.
- Molly Ringwald
Myself, Singer, Considered, Originally
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.
- Molly Ringwald
Some, Been, Turned, Collaboration
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.
- Molly Ringwald
Career, Will, Vary, Succeeding
I just needed to leave Hollywood.
- Molly Ringwald
Hollywood, Just, Needed, Leave
I don't really believe in regret. I think you can always learn from the past, but I wouldn't want a different life.
- Molly Ringwald
Think, Always, I Think, Regret
I wish I had been more prepared, both for success and for failure, when I was younger.
- Molly Ringwald
Wish, I Wish, Been, Prepared
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