Red Dawn was really the most fun I ever had making a movie, because I love Westerns, and I love the idea of being a tomboy, and riding horses and shooting guns.

Supporting myself at an early age was the best training for life I could have possibly received.

I think it's really hard to understand the depths and the power of the love that someone has for their children unless you really have children.

If I don't have to act, I'd rather not. I'd rather not act cold. I'd rather actually be cold. That's my weird way of acting. If the door is supposed to be locked, I'd rather have it locked. But of course, most of the time, we have to act, and that's okay, too.

One thing the futurists never get right, though, is that the extreme desire for polyester only lasted a brief period in the '70s!

Usually, you don't really end up lifelong buddies with your co-stars.

Red Dawn' was very resonant with a lot of people - they love that movie. I always thought it was a little hysterical.