“I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see kids everywhere who are totally bored. I've never been bored a day in my life.” PeopleThinkingKnowsChildrenKidsParticularActressesBoredScrewed Up Author:Jodie Foster
“Before I was going to be an actress, I was going to be a veterinarian! I thought I was one as a child. I was the kid who was like, 'Daddy! I want a kitty! It needs a mommy!' And my dad was such a sucker. Every time I would beg, with tears flying down my face, about how this animal needs love, needs a home. He would cave.” WantNeedsChildrenHomeKidsFacesAnimalTearsDadMy DadActressesFlyingCavesDaddySuckerKittiesNeed LoveVeterinarian Author:AnnaLynne McCord
“I come to writing from hearing great stories as a child in Louisiana, where the mark of a person was his or her ability to be a raconteur. I also come to writing as a professional actress whose body has been trained to listen and smell and inhabit characters without judgment.” WritingChildrenPersonsHas BeensCharacterStoriesBodyAbilityJudgmentMarkHearingSmellActressesLouisiana Author:Rebecca Wells
“My daughter's wanted to be an actress since she was six years old, but I didn't want her to go through the same experiences as I did as a child actor.” WantYearsChildrenWantedActorsSixDaughterActressesMy DaughterSix Year OldsChild Actors Author:Ricky Schroder
“Why, when I was a child, I didn't say, as most children do, that I was going to become an actress. I felt that I was an actress and no one could have convinced me that I wasn't!” ChildrenFeltActressesConvinced Author:Antoinette Perry
“It was a lot of fun being a child actress. It suited me. I don't think it suits everybody, but I was in it because I had a passion, not because my parents wanted me to make money. If other kids want to do it, and they really like acting, go for it.” IfsThinkingWantChildrenKidsWantedPassionFunParentActingActressesSuitsMaking Money Author:Alanna Ubach
“Becca Gardner is wonderful as the good-hearted little Griff who refuses to be daunted by all the heart-ache and resentment on dad's ranch and this young actress proves there's another young child actress in Hollywood besides Dakota Fanning.” HeartChildrenLittlesYoungWonderfulDadProveHollywoodRefuseActressesResentmentAcheHeartedYoung ChildrenDakotaHeart AcheGood Hearted Author:Richard Roeper
“You know what makes me feel old? When I see girls who are 20-something, or the new crop of actresses, and I think, Aren't we kind of the same age? You lose perspective. Or being offered the part of a woman with a 17-year-old child. It's like, "I'm not old enough to have a 17-year-old!" And then you realize, well, yeah, you are.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsYearsWellsKindChildrenEnoughAgeGirlRealizingLosesPerspectiveYeahActressesCrops Author:Jennifer Aniston