I suppose and I hope that the young guys who are out there losing their lives at least feel the same way I did. I shouldn't think about this very much because I'm almost weeping when I think about it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
And I thought my loss my loss was not, certainly, the end of the world, but to lessen the enthusiasm of those young people who were signed up, I thought that was tragic.
I am often disgusted at hearing young people I know, declare that they are afraid of doing this or that, because they MIGHT be killed.
When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over.
I was very lost as a teenager. Which is a horrible way to feel.
I mean, I felt terrible. And in the beginning, I mean, I was completely devastated. I mean, can you imagine the kind of guilt that you would feel, and the responsibility?
I felt that if I could make the world better for the young, that would be the greatest thing we can do.
Youth is an amazing thing: I think back on when we did The Lost Boys, and I didn't think I could do anything wrong.
What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences.
I feel like I experienced my 20s in all their glory and all their disastrousness.
Young people think that nothing bad will ever happen to them.