My interest was magic, believe it or not. I became an amateur magician and did something like 400 magic shows through my teen years.
Copy Quote View & ShareIt's important to me that I don't get trapped in the whole teen scene, because I feel that you can get lost in those kind of movies, and they aren't really about the actors; they're about the selling of the concept, and how much money it makes.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy whole life, growing up, I always wanted to be in comedy. I never felt comfortable doing the 'teen hunk' thing.
Copy Quote View & ShareI had no idea of the size of my bank account as a teen, and I didn't care to know. That was my mom's job, I figured that I would just find out when I turned 18. If you can't trust your mom, then who can you trust?
Copy Quote View & ShareTo be honest, I haven't seen a lot of the current crop of teen movies because there's only so much time and there's nothing that really drives me to do it.
Copy Quote View & ShareI didn't want to be the typical teen idol. I didn't want to be Leif Garrett. I didn't want to be Shaun Cassidy, David Cassidy or Parker Stevenson. I wanted to do my own thing.
Copy Quote View & ShareDoesn't matter whether it's a teen girl who's pregnant, hasn't told her parents, or an elderly couple dealing with one of them being diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Those are real people to me. Those are the people I dealt with every single day.
Copy Quote View & Share'Teen Moms!' I started watching them like the first two seasons, and I stopped. I stopped because they are too young. I feel sorry for them. And I didn't watch that show 'Hoarders.' That thing would made my skin crawl.
Copy Quote View & ShareIf you told me when I was a teen that I would end up being a teacher, I would have said you're out of your mind, because quite frankly I hated school.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become more sophisticated.
Copy Quote View & ShareHonestly, I never thought I'd actually be playing a teen lesbian. I didn't think it was going to go this far. But I'm glad that it did, because there have been a lot of fans who have expressed that they've been going through similar situations in their lives.
Copy Quote View & ShareYou need to know what makes artists tick. Having been through the process myself as a musician, since I was an early teen, gave me an advantage - understanding them from their point of view, because it's about them, it's not about you - it's their vision and what they're capable of achieving, and you're the conduit.
Copy Quote View & ShareI wouldn't say I'm stuck in my adolescence, but I think, like a lot of people, I carry my teen years with me. I feel really in touch with those feelings, and how intense and complicated life seems in those years.
Copy Quote View & ShareI love writing about the summer between high school and college. It's the last gasp of really being a teen.
Copy Quote View & ShareI grew up in a difficult environment, but I became a Christian as a teen. My mom and my sister soon became Christians also.
Copy Quote View & ShareI can have a song with Ariana Grande that is going to be the song for all the kids and the teen girls, and then another song that could be for a different group of people who all love the song. I'm with whoever. Whatever type of people want to love the music and whatever they love about the music is fine with me.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe donning of the ear buds marks the beginning of teen life, when children set off on their own for the passage through adolescence.
Copy Quote View & ShareI'm a comic nerd. I'm a former serious collector for much of my childhood and early teen years I wanted to draw underground comics.
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