Holly Willoughby Quotes

It's always exciting to explore adult roles when the vast majority of viewers that have seen me on TV know me from 'Glee,' from something of a different tone.

When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably fear it, in a sense, too. There's a danger to feeling like an adult... like this whimsical kid in you is going to die or something. And then all of a sudden, one day you kind of feel like an adult and it's really nice.

Leaving Nickelodeon was definitely an adjustment. Because then, it was back to the real world of, 'Now I'm an adult looking for a job,' as opposed to a kid that's getting introduced to all these people like, 'Look how cute this little kid is. Don't you want to put him on your show?'

You must pay the penalty of growing-up, Paul. You must leave fairyland behind you.

I designed 'Buffy' to be an icon, to be an emotional experience, to be loved in a way that other shows can't be loved. Because it's about adolescence, which is the most important thing people go through in their development, becoming an adult.

Every kid who hated grownups becomes a grownup. Well, except the ones who died.

I think your 20s are the hardest part of life. I mean, everyone goes on about how hard it is to be a teenager, but actually I think it's tougher to be in your 20s because you're expected to be a grownup and expected to earn your own living and be successful and I think you feel like a kid still.

There aren't a lot of films about adolescents or quote-unquote coming-of-age films that are realistic nowadays.

I think there is a point in every teenager's life where they are forced to come into themselves.

I remember when I was 19, it was pretty tough.

I tried to make a distinct point that I wasn't retiring - that I was moving on.

Twenty is a tough age because it slips past in the middle of so much else - university, gap year, leaving home, getting jobs.

I never intended to go into the family business. I've always been drawn to wanting to do something else at some time in my life.

A kid actor to an adult actor is a tricky one.

I'm growing into my manhood body.

You can't play a high school student forever, so at some point, I'm going to have to tear down that wall and tear off that wig and be me.

I just feel like you have to go through this crazy transition if you're going to continue on with your career from a child star to an adult star.

It was strange doing that transition from teenager to more adult roles, but I think it just makes it more exciting.

The things a young woman goes through between the ages of 18 and 20 are far different than what a young woman can go through between 20 and 22.

We were lucky that when we were making the transition from children's to prime time a lot of other presenters our age shied away from that arena.

I left school, and I went to work in a computer company. I was in my late teens.

It's tough to be 12. You're not quite a man, but you think you are.

It's very bizarre to me to now really be a grown-up. I kind of can't believe that I'm there because I certainly don't feel that way a lot of the time.

I stumbled into acting because a friend persuaded me to leave my 9 to 5 job and get into acting.

It wasn't easy at all for a qualified engineer to take the decision of giving it up, leave Punjab and try to make a name in films. But I really wanted to be an actor, hence I took the decision.