People say the 'Lost Generation' in a romantic sense, but I think it was tragic. They were really lost.
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When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.
I see the whole concept of Generation X implies that everyone has lost hope.
After 1929, so many people had been traumatized by the stock market crash that there was a lost generation.
The year that 'Lost' started and premiered was, without a doubt, the most miserable year of my life. The level of despair and anguish that I was feeling; I was clinically depressed, and anyone that you talked to who knew me at the time will tell you that.
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.
'Lost' was a phenomenon, like Elvis.
I think whatever generation you're in has a nostalgia for the generations past and the generations you weren't in.
My generation was the tail end of the Cold War.
My generation had the best years. We missed the Second World War and caught the outburst of rock 'n' roll.
The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given.
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