Tom Holland Quotes

I think, you know, when you're a teenager, sometimes your emotions are a little bit more drastic than maybe when you're in your 20s. You sort of level out a little bit.

Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period.

Most of us remember adolescence as a kind of double negative: no longer allowed to be children, we are not yet capable of being adults.

Adolescence isn't just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses.

The teenage years are such a great subject because everything is heightened and on the surface, and it deals with universal emotions that we face even as we get older.

I've never been a 16-year-old girl.

The teenage years are ridiculously crucial and hard and, um, awkward.

I think everyone has their awkward phases. Growing up isn't easy for everyone. I definitely had my awkward moments.

In your teens, you get the physical puberty, and between 28 and 32, mental puberty. It does make you feel differently.

Puberty extends into your twenties, for sure, and some people don't get over that until much later in life. I feel like I'm just starting to get over puberty - basically twenty years of insufferable, totally self-obsessed hell.

I think high school's very difficult. You're figuring out your own power and your effect on other people. You look back and see how you spent so much energy on figuring out things with your parents or your peers.

It's interesting because, even with 'Beetlejuice,' I was an awkward kid. I started at puberty and went through it on film. Lydia was one of my favorite roles because I related to her a lot.

I think you do a lot of your growing as a human being between the ages of 13 and 18.

Adolescence in our culture for a young woman, for a girl, is a hard road.

So much changes in a year when you're a teenager.

There are lots of things going on for teenagers, with exam stress, changing friendship groups, becoming independent, and all those hormone changes affecting you.

One doesn't remain a teenager forever.

If I can help get anybody through puberty, I say, 'Good!'

Maturity is only a short break in adolescence.

I think a lot of young girls go through that period in their life of finding who they are, and at that point, looking good matters the most.

I was a shy kid, a late bloomer. At 22, I was probably 16 emotionally.

The area of teenage life is not necessarily rarefied; we've all gone through that period. It's not as rarefied as a western or a space adventure or a gangster film, but it has its own dynamic.

I wish my 15-year-old self had known about my allure to the opposite sex!

Sixteen is a hard time. A lot of kids are experimenting with things.

'Middle school' is used as shorthand for a time when things change. It's a time a lot of kids feel like they don't even have one good friend.