Lee Thompson Young Quotes

I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years.

I still connect with original emotions. 'Night Moves' was written about 1961 or 1962 when I was in high school, and it was about what my friends and I did in that period.

When I watch 'Glee', it reminds me of my upbringing.

When I read 'Stand By Me,' it was like, 'This is a look back at the same time period when I was growing up, and it was about kids, but it really felt like what it was like to have those powerful feelings of friendship at age 12.' That's what got to me.

Persona-wise, I represent a lot of people's childhoods.

The difference between a childhood and a boyhood must be this: our childhood is what we alone have had; our boyhood is what any boy in our environment would have had.

I used to be a child. It came naturally to me. I was an adult for a time, too. That came less naturally.

There is nothing fine about being a child: it is fine, when we are old, to look back to when we were children.

These are the pieces of my youth, the small secrets and the not-so-great expectations that defined my coming of age.

What is the use of being a little boy if you are growing up to be a man.

A lot of people my age, they grew up with me onscreen. I think that's helped keep a certain amount of longevity. When you grow up with a person, you feel like you know them.

There are three terrible ages of childhood - 1 to 10, 10 to 20, and 20 to 30.

My actual childhood, as opposed to my adolescence, was not spent in London.

I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too.

Fifteen is such a weird age to be. Nobody treats you like an adult, but you desperately want to be one. You still have these childlike aspects, but you're just kind of coming into the world.

Everybody remembers what it's like to be in high school. We really never leave those years behind.

I remember I'd come home from fifth, sixth grade, and I'd watch 'Saved by the Bell' and be like, 'I hope my high school experience is like that.' And it totally wasn't. It sucked.

You get 12 years of childhood, give or take.

I played Winnie Cooper on 'The Wonder Years' from ages 12-18, and did a few other movies during some of the summers.

Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.

We were really grown up for our age and it was an incredible special band.

Some of my favorite memories happened in the 'Boy Meets World' classroom.

I'm quite disappointed that I'll never relive my teenage years.

A certain point came when I wanted to document growing-up adventures.