80’s BRAT DEPT.

MOLLY RINGWALD

-Molly Kathleen Ringwald (b. 18th feb, 1968)

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) / Sixteen Candles (1984) / The Breakfast Club (1985) / Pretty in Pink (1986)/ King Lear (1987) / The Pickup Artist (1987) / For Keeps (1988) / Fresh Horses (1988)

‘You can’t be sixteen forever.’

‘I have to accept the fact that these films have had a fantastic effect on people, and to deny that doesn`t make any sense until I do something that has the same cultural and social impact of those movies. That`s just the way it is.’

‘I’ve been called the Women’s Auxiliary of the Brat Pack.’

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MELANIE GRIFFITH

-(b. 9th Aug, 1957) New York City-

The Star Maker (1981) / Fear City (1981) / Body Double (1984) / Something Wild (1986)/ Cherry 2000 (1987) / Working Girl (1988) / The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) /  Pacific Heights (1990) / The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

“My advice to anyone contemplating acting as a profession is to be independently wealthy or have another vocation as a backup. Melanie and Antonio are well set, but most actors make a pittance.” – TIPPI HEDREN-

‘You can bend the rules plenty once you get to the top, but not while you’re trying to get there. And if you’re someone like me, you can’t get there without bending the rules.’ -WORKING GIRL-

‘When I was 34, people would say, What’s going to happen to you when you’re 40? What are you going to do? You don’t have much time left. And I was like, what are you talking about?’

Something Wild (1986)

Working Girl (1988)

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