Peter Billingsley Quotes

My discrepancy with children in the industry is that they are made famous before they know who they are as human beings.

I think a lot of people who are child actors - it's a weird thing.

I'm sure no one really wants to think of themselves as a child actor.

All the child-star cliches, I've tried very hard to avoid them all.

I know you hear horror stories about child actors, but I think in my family when I did start acting it was never a big deal.

When I was a kid, there was teasing in school. Then when I was a teenager on 'Days of Our Lives,' I certainly experienced hurtful comments from 'fans' of the show.

I was never famous as a kid. That's the biggest difference between me and any other kid actor is that I wasn't famous as a kid.

Lindsay Lohan was the 'It' girl from, like, 14. That's a lot of pressure.

I hate the stereotype of the pitfalls of the child actor. There are so many amazing examples - Natalie Portman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jodie Foster, Drew Barrymore - of people who have made it through.

Being famous as a kid is weird and unhealthy.

We have seen many child actors who have gone astray. They were particular that 'Zakhm' was going to be my last film as a child actor and after that I took a six year break for education.

It isn't always simple when America discovers you at 11 years old. Suddenly, it's not just homework that you're responsible for. Your name becomes a hashtag, and if you're lucky, you might even get invited on 'Ellen.'

There is so much that happens in the entertainment life, especially when you've been working from such a young age such as myself.

I think my family does a good job of letting me be a regular teenager, which we all need.

My kids will be needing me a lot when they hit their teens. If I know anything about being a teenager. I need to be braced to be spending a lot of time with all six of them and making sure I can be there for when they go through everything.

As a teenager you've got a lot of stuff going on all the time. It's hard to find a couple extra hours of sleep.

I can't step outside my house now - everybody knows my face.

Blue Ivy is a star. She is just a star. I can see.

When you're a teenager, you don't want to look different. So being very tall can set you apart, not being able to see very well can set you apart... and you just want to fit in. We all do.

I signed my first autograph when I was 11.

I grew up on camera. I started at 16.

It is a gift to be a teenager, and I see a dad's job as lifeguard, not chaperone.

I don't wish stardom on anyone. When I hear people say, 'this guy's a star,' I always say, 'good luck.'

I grew up in the public eye from the age of 15 and it wasn't a choice I made, it just kind of got imposed on me because of who my dad is.

It's no new narrative to say that when people get out of child stardom, they oftentimes rebel in very serious ways.