- Christopher Atkins, Himself: In the story, the boy has to learn about sex all by himself, you know, and they both have to experience it all alone. I had to go through it all by myself, in a way, too. But, yet, I had all my friends and peers to talk to.
- Brooke Shields, Herself: We're the same age, you know, and I'm going through the same problems as he goes through and to say "Oh, I know what you're going through 'cause I went though that myself" or "I am going through that myself."
- Randal Kleiser, Himself: I'm finding that the chemistry between them is working out very well and I think that together they look very good on the screen.
- Brooke Shields, Herself: When I work with older adults, they kinda don't know how to treat me sometimes. You know, they don't know how to treat me as a kid or as more of an adult. So, when we're in the same age group, it makes things easier. Its kinda more fun 'cause we have more things in common, too.
- Randal Kleiser, Himself: At one point we needed some natives to be in a cannibal ritual. In our research we found these actual tattoos that were necessary and painted them on all these Fijians from our crew. The chief of the tribe choreographed the cannibal ritual which we used in the film, which is an authentic one. And the chant they are singing in Fijian means "Our enemies are floating ducks" and this is what they would chant before they would destroy someone and now eat them.