“As a teenager I was obsessed with music and with writing and performing songs.”
Anthony Minghella

“Value this time in your life kids, because this is the time in your life when you still have your choices, and it goes by so quickly. When you're a teenager you think you can do anything, and you do.”
Billy Crystal - Mitch Robbins

“- Action: Juvenile delinquency is purely a social disease.
- Riff: Hey! I got a social disease!”

Tony Mordente - Action
Russ Tamblyn - Riff

“- Lila: What is going on with her these days?
- Judy: You'd have to ask her that, Lila.
- Lila: So, there is something going on?
- Judy: Oh, well, she's nineteen. There's always something going on when you're nineteen.”

Wendy Crewson - Lila
Peter Outerbridge - Judy

“Nobody ever listens to a teenager. Everybody thinks you should be happy just because you're young. They don't see the wars that we fight every single day. And one day, my war will end. And I won't die. And I will not tolerate abuse from anyone. I am strong.”
Vanetta Smith - Brandy Ross