Judd Nelson Quotes

When you're a famous, successful person at 16 years old, the rules change for you. Everybody is doing things for you to make life easier so you can go out and play. And I think you miss out on lot of growing up and a lot of reality checks.

Because I think every child star suffers through this period because you're not the cute and charming child that you were. You start to grow, and they want to keep you little forever.

After my hit 'Mynaa', big offers came to me. I didn't know how to handle things. Once you know how to handle things and you come of age, you want to do mature films.

I can deal with it now, but 13 is a tough age to be recognized and famous. It's a tough age, period.

If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what's important.

I don't want to be a 'teen star' because so many people don't ever grow out of that.

I was signed at 18 and had to grow up quickly.

It's very hard to get rich and famous at a young age and handle it well.

I'm grateful that I didn't get thrown into the limelight at 19-years-old.

It was tough. We went right from being teenagers to musical superstars with money and fame and attention. All of us had a hard time adjusting to it, especially me.

It's getting harder as I get more known. Even though it's my break, I couldn't really go out and get drunk - because people expect you to be training and getting up early. But I'm not bothered about missing out on normal teenage things.

Sometimes when you're young and a little more immature, you can overdo things or not really have your legs under you.

I was pretty immature, and some of it came from just wanting to have fun.

I see teenagers or people who are 21 and think, 'I was an idiot at that age.' I was running around New York like a crazy woman. Thank God I only had three and a half cents to my name. I was too immature to handle success then.

Not many people do at the age of 21 or younger even, know how to act nor could be concerned with anything other than fighting, women and money.

Young people are forced to mature sooner now than in the '40s. I was doing things at age 14 that guys in the movie were just beginning to do at 16 and 17.

I was born into big celebrity. It could only diminish.

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.

I don't miss my pin-up days. I'm far too old for that malarkey.

Based on my own experience, when you're going through adolescence you don't know how the world works. You can't set a story in the world you live in because you don't know what a utility bill is, or how to budget your paycheck.

When you are seventeen you aren't really serious.

I am happy being able to play roles with people my age because once you do something really mature there is no turning back.

I think the main reason a lot of child stars don't make it is that it's hard to see someone as cute and then all of a sudden see them as having more depth.

There's been a lot thrust on my shoulders at a very young age.

I'm too old to do crazy things anymore.