Quotes by Chris Columbus

Donald Trump said, "The only way you can use The Plaza on a soundstage is if I'm in the movie," so we agreed to put Donald Trump in the movie, and when we screened it for the first time the oddest thing happened: People cheered when he showed up on-screen. So I said to my editor, "Leave him in the movie. It's a moment for the audience." But he did bully his way into the movie.

Recommending Pierce Brosnan to play James Bond to MGM was my little contribution to the James Bond saga.

Nobody does anything for free in Hollywood. They have to be paid for everything.

It was the most magical time of my life. It represented to me everything that was exciting about life.

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas are two of my cinematic heroes.

I was a horrific actor.

Well to be honest, I've written on most of the movies I've done. With the exception of Potter.

I was always adamant that Hogwarts should feel like a world that shouldn't exist in reality.

I was up on 140th Street in Harlem, in 1992. It was 3 in the morning, and I was walking back to get a cup of coffee. These two young kids came up to me and said to me, "What movie is this?" I said, "Home Alone 2," and they said, "What do you do?" And I said, "I'm the director." They said, "Oh, you're John Hughes!"