“I don't feel I was ever a 'famous' child actor. I was just a working actor who happened to be a kid. I was never really in a hit show until I was a teenager with West Wing playing First Daughter Zoey Bartlet. In a way, that was my saving grace - not being a star on a hit show. It kept me working and kept me grounded.” WayFeelsFirstsChildrenShowsKidsMotherActorsStarsGraceHappenedDaughterWingsWestSavingTeenagerGroundedChild ActorsSaving Grace Author:Elisabeth Moss
“Child actors come off as work being their life and doing it 24/7, but I still have those days where it's totally, like, whatever: shopping, movies, adventures.” ChildrenStillsActorsAdventureShoppingChild Actors Author:Hailee Steinfeld
“Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what a child actor is. She's an actor who's a child.” KnowsChildrenActorsWonderfulDakotaChild Actors Author:Denzel Washington
“At the time I was growing up in the business I was very well established within the industry as a child actor and as I grew up and turned into a teenager there was less and less work.” WellsChildrenActorsGrowing UpGrowingGrewIndustryGrew UpTeenagerChild Actors Author:Morgan Brittany
“I could have gone the route of a lot of these former child actors, but I didn't want that for myself. Like I said, when I was 14 years old, I decided to quit. I didn't ever want to do it again.” WantYearsChildrenSaidActorsGoneDecidedQuittingFormerRoutesChild Actors Author:Macaulay Culkin
“I credit my mom Debbie for creating a solid family base, ... She gave me a strong sense of reality so I could avoid falling into the normal pitfalls of child actors.” ChildrenRealityFallActorsStrongMomNormalCreatingMy MomCreditPitfallsChild Actors Author:Elijah Wood
“I never dreamed that shooting a film would be so hard. There was less regulation then of child actors' hours. Even the concept of acting confused me.” ChildrenHardWould BeFilmActorsHoursActingConceptsShootingConfusedRegulationChild Actors Author:Tatum O'Neal
“When child actors act well they're just reacting to situations, and they're acting very real because their life experience is so short; there's no history to fall back on.” LifeWellsChildrenRealFallActorsActingSituationLife ExperienceReactingFall BackChild Actors Author:Mariel Hemingway
“I wanted to be a child actor so bad that every day I'd beg my parents if I could audition, but my mom said, 'Not until you can drive yourself to auditions.'” IfsChildrenSaidWantedActorsParentMomMy MomIf I CouldAuditionsChild Actors Author:Zooey Deschanel
“That said, let me add that Joan and I never want him to be a child actor. We both feel that it takes away their childhood and puts untold pressure on children.” WantFeelsChildrenSaidActorsChildhoodLet MePressureAddWant HimChild Actors Author:Dwayne Hickman
“Most child actors go through that. Unless you can transition into an adult star, your career is over.” ChildrenActorsStarsCareersAdultsTransitionChild Actors Author:Morgan Brittany
“I was a child actor in radio, and there's not many of us left.” ChildrenActorsLeftRadioChild Actors Author:Dick Van Patten
“I think it's important that when people are struggling, that you not run away from them if you love them. Kristen, I mean, I look at the room tonight, you know, Kristen Stewart and Claire Danes, Jennifer Lawrence, all these young women that I worked with who basically were child actors like I was a child actor. And then I feel very protective of them, because even though I think I have managed to get through the process relatively sanely, I have my scars, and I hope to be in some ways a member of their family that's out there protecting them.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayFeelsLooksMeanChildrenImportantRunningYoungActorsProcessRoomsStruggleMembersTonightScarRunning AwayYoung WomenProtectiveClaireJenniferChild Actors Author:Jodie Foster
“I've never fancied that footballer lifestyle. I suppose I could live that kind of flash life. People stereotype child actors and kind of expect you to go off the rails a bit, be a bit crazy, but that's not really happened yet. I've got a big family so that helps, and they live really close to the studios so it's just so much easier.” PeopleKindChildrenHelpingBigsActorsBitsHappenedCrazyEasierStudiosLifestyleFlashStereotypeFootballerRailBig FamiliesChild Actors Author:Rupert Grint
“There's a constant flow of child actors. It's kind of funny to watch the new crew come through. I think, You poor little things. You're going to have to struggle for a long time.” ThinkingKindChildrenLittlesLongTimeActorsPoorWatchesStruggleLong TimeFlowConstantLittle ThingsCrewFunny ThingsChild Actors Author:Tina Yothers
“I was a child actor. I was this spaz kid diagnosed with ADHD, and I worked all the time.” ChildrenKidsActorsAdhdChild ActorsSpaz Author:Fergie
“A lot of people try to paint this child actor stigma, but I always looked at it as a great opportunity.” PeopleTryingChildrenActorsOpportunityPaintStigmaGreat OpportunityChild Actors Author:Zachery Ty Bryan
“Most child actors were lucky enough to get the part in the first place.” FirstsChildrenEnoughActorsLuckyChild Actors Author:Danny Bonaduce
“Kids kill a show! It's, like, a fun concept when the character is pregnant, but then if a show runs for a while, I'm sorry, but it gets annoying when it starts to talk. You get a child actor in there, and unless that child actor is freakin' awesome, it's going to be annoying.” IfsChildrenCharacterShowsRunningKidsActorsFunConceptsSorryAnnoyingPregnantI'm SorryChild Actors Author:Eliza Coupe
“A lot of child actors keep acting for the wrong reasons.” ChildrenReasonActorsActingWrong ReasonsChild Actors Author:Nicholas Hoult