Jamie-Lynn Sigler Quotes

Looking back, I realise I had to grow up and be responsible at a very tender age.

I grew up really fast.

I had to grow up fast.

I had to grow up very quickly.

I had to grow up a little fast.

Grow up and let anyone try to contend with the adult you.

Being the only man in the household with my mom definitely helped me grow up fast.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

I always managed to get in trouble, like every kid. But I had to learn a lot of hard lessons on my own, without parents who would nurture me and guard me through that part of life, at a very young age.

Those of us who were 12 or 13 when the war started were absolutely thrown into the mainstream. We had to grow up instantly and take care of ourselves.

At 14 I had no choice but to live with my brother, on our own, without adults, with all the responsibilities, decisions and day-to-day practicalities of living independently. I had, though, the joy of earning my own money.

I think about that with kids - you want to do everything for them, but you realize if you do everything, and you make it easy on them, they won't learn anything, and then they will walk around life needing their mamas all the time, and that isn't attractive.

Experiencing difficult things, even as a very young kid, means you grow up quickly. I think that enables everyone to choose their own path and not just accept the one others have taken before you, and I went my own way.

My parents keep me grounded. I've spent a lot of time on my own in my life, and I've learnt the hard way.

I had to grow up quite quickly.

Some of the most important lessons I've learned have been from stumbling, and I am deeply grateful that my parents allowed me to fight my own battles.

My brother and I had a lot of freedom growing up, and thankfully, we both turned out OK.

My parents were concerned that I would not get good schooling, so they put me up in my uncle's house in Dharwad, and I spent about six years there. So at a very young age, I was away from my parents. I developed an amount of independence and learned to stand on my own feet.

Some people do need to grow up, but I don't think I'm there yet. I don't think I'm ready to do grown-up things and be a grown-up.

I was wanting to be a kid at 18 instead of being a young woman.

There's a level of protection you need to give to your kids, and then sometimes you need to just let them figure out things on their own.

The children whom nobody leads by the hand are the children who know they are children.

You've got to grow up sometime.

When you're eight years old nothing is your business.

When my son first started to take the subway, my husband and I used to follow him to make sure he was all right, and then we had to stop following him and let him do it by himself.