Dawn Powell Quotes

A lot of people who start work at a very young age never grow up because they never got that opportunity to be a child, so they hold on to that and still do a lot of childish, silly things.

So many people try to grow up too fast, and it's not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible!

I've never been more than 9 years old.

I still forget, sometimes, that I am no longer 12 years old.

I think the older I get, the more I realize that the ultimate luxury is time.

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.

Remember the phrase - 'Act your age, not your shoe size?' That didn't apply to me, as they were the same until the age of 12 when my feet stopped growing.

People have always asked me why I'm drawn to material about kids, and for me, it's - I remember being at that age and feeling completely and utterly powerless. You know, there's so many things you wanna do and so many things you're told you can't do.

The kids are old enough now - I just want to let them be kids. I don't want to comment on them too much. They're at an age where I just want to let them be kids.

I've never run into a person who yearns for their middle school days.

The powerlessness of the child is often forgotten. And after it comes the terrifying phase of moving into adulthood.

I realise I'm still a child, though I do feel older.

At a young age, I had to give up a lot of things, like being able to hang out with my friends.

You're only young once, but you can be immature forever.

Is the babe young? When I behold it, it seems more venerable than the oldest man.

They kept me in short pants as long as they could, until they were shaving the hair on my legs because it was beginning to photograph.

I just like being a kid. I enjoy it, I don't want to grow up.

Childhood can be hell. One reason … is that as a child you have no power.

When you're a child actor, part of you grows up really fast and part of you doesn't grow up at all.

My name doesn't exactly shout 'babyface.'

When you're young, you don't have a lot of control over even basic things in your life - where you live, what you eat, where you go during the day, how you get there. You don't have a lot of control, and that can feel sort of unstable in its own way because you don't get a say in those basic things.

Honestly, I felt pressure more when I was a lot younger.

I didn't feel as though, when I was a child, I had much control of my environment. I felt powerless. And that gave me a sense of predictability.

I think when I started my first album, I was 17 or 18, so I guess I was basically a child.

I feel like you're only young once.