Dylan Sprouse Quotes

A few years after 'Melrose Place,' when the luster of 'Melrose Place' wore off and what was left was just the stink, and I was just doing bad TV movies, that was a personal low point. I felt I needed to stop doing those, and I did.

I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.

I haven't had the most lucrative career. If I'm going to be completely honest, I'm a one-hit wonder.

I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt like a race horse with a broken leg.

At this point, I don't get hired a lot because people don't think I could finance a movie.

I've got a fairly low profile - I go and do me shopping when I need to!

I've had it where things didn't go well for me with movies or something that got canceled.

I get recognised sometimes. But I just live my life. I get on the bus, I get on the subway, it's not a problem.

I manage to live pretty normally.

When I'm home, I'm just mom. We're a normal, regular family doing normal, regular types of things.

It may come as a surprise to people, but I'm actually quite boring and normal. What do I do? I read books. I drive my kid to school. I have lunch with my wife. I pick my kid up from school. I go home.

My film directorial career has been nothing but repetition of one failure after another!

We got a little waylaid along the way. The whole problem started about 10 years ago with management and legal battles, then still trying to make albums while I was doing all of that.

My desire to be an artist really came out of being broke and unemployed and incapable of holding a job down. That's what it was driven by for sure.

Family issues and a failing career would be enough to consume most young actresses.

I have a fairly normal domestic life.

I know people who have gone into career death spins, and that's something you're always aware of as a writer.

It's been a rollercoaster ride. There have been some great moments and some low points... like when I was leaving Stax. That's when I actually thought of getting out of the business.

The period from 2001 to 2005 was really tough. My films were not working even though there was an acceptance of a model. I was depressed but did not cry. I cry when I am happy.

I did Star 80, which was a magnificent experience as well, but still, I was at the height of my career at the beginning. Then I had to jump down the ladder and climb back up again, which I didn't understand. That was very hard.

I didn't necessarily hit rock bottom, but I was working at Sprinkles Cupcakes and trying to make money, not wanting to tell anybody that I was getting a job because other people that I knew from 'Idol' were like, 'Why aren't you singing places and making money off of the Idol name?' And I was like, 'Because I don't only want to be known for that.'

I like to live in New York and with people I know who have normal jobs or go to school.

I've seen young actresses have major falls from their career, and that's just not what I want.

It's not easy to reach the summit of your career by the age of 24 - and for the years after to be a humiliating scrabble downhill.

People would be amazed by the ordinary life William and I live. I do my own shopping. Sometimes, when I come away from the meat counter in my local supermarket, I worry someone will snap me with their phone. But I am determined to have a relatively normal life, and if I am lucky enough to have children, they can have one, too.