Cameron Boyce Quotes

I never really said I want to be a role model. But then when it happened I was so down for it.

My life has definitely changed since 'Modern Family.' The show has made me more responsible, I really want to be a good role model for all kids so I have to think about what I say and do and how it looks to other kids!

I'm gonna be 20 in five months. I'm an adult, but I understand that there are nine-year-olds watching my every move, so I try, at least in a public, to be as good of a role model as I can.

I never really thought about being a role model. I started really young, so at 10 years old, I was still very much the person who needed role models. I wasn't really prepared to be one, but it's always something that I've taken very seriously.

I don't think of myself as a role model.

Everyone should be themselves, and everybody makes mistakes, and young people who have a platform like I have, I know people who have a much bigger platform who are much more influential, who have made mistakes and learnt from them and had to do that on a public stage.

We all have little sisters and cousins who look up to us, and we see what they go through. So we have to be an example. A lot of artists come into this business and they don't see things that way. But as you get older - and now that we also have children - your conscience starts working on you.

The first time someone called me a role model, I remember thinking, 'What does that mean?' But I feel aware of it when I'm reading scripts.

I never thought that I'd be a role model. Everyone kind of just made me a role model, and I hated that.

Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress.

I've grown up with kids watching me and as they're growing up, I'm growing up.

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.

The key things are about power and about growing up and realizing as you grow up that there are consequences for the choices you make, especially when you get seduced by power.

If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person's life in a positive light, and that's what I want to do. That's what it's all about.

Honestly, I didn't know I was a role model.

I think one of the greatest advantages we had on the show growing up was being exposed to Mr. Cosby - being exposed to his work ethic, being exposed to how he handles the job of celebrity and living in the public eye... I think that all had a real significant impact.

It's special to me, a privilege being a role model. I take pride in being a good one.

My uncle is just, like, always pushing me to be better, be a man, and showing me the ropes of the game.

I hear people say, 'I'm not a role model' all the time, and it's like, 'Well, of course you're not!' It doesn't mean that people aren't going to look at you as one, though.

I just feel like I have a chance to be a role model now.

I can see that I can be a role model.

When I was a teenager, I felt my life was constrained by rules, school, my parents. I wanted to feel like I was empowered and different; that's why superheroes, comics, manga, and video games filled my needs. When I got older, I realized power is not free; it comes with responsibility.

I am aware of my own position and my responsibilities to youngsters watching us. You are a role model.

I think when you grow up - and this is a simple thing that I've said numerous times - you should think and act like one.

I have a lot of eyes on me because of basketball, a lot of young people looking up to me. It's made me grow up faster.