My mother died when I was young, and I was filming all the time. I was all over the place. Acting was the one constant..

I watched the video [ with my first commercial] when I was 20, and in the video, there are two families. The first family is this smiling blond Partr….

When you're an actor, your body isn't your own. Your body is part of a tool that you use. Everybody else there is using you as a tool, so they have a….

People view child actors the same way that girls treat their Barbie dolls..

People who meet me as an adult are often surprised that I'm alive and have never been in prison or rehab. Sometimes they're disappointed I'm not cool….

I thought I started acting at 5 or 6, it was really when they were interviewing real families for a toothpaste commercial. They interviewed our famil….

I don't know if I'm always going to be acting. Maybe when I grow up, I will be a scriptwriter. I already have a few scripts in my head..

I can't even count how many times I did interviews with people and they asked me if I had a boyfriend. Keep in mind that I was, I guess, mild to mode….

It's easier to see children as mini adults than it is to imagine or to remember what it is to be a child again..

I had so many adults around me reminding me that I was a kid. I also had a lot of adults saying things to me like, "When I was your age..." and sort ….

I'm originally from southern California, so I, like, say 'like', like, a lot. I've been trying to scrub any traces of Valley Girl from my speech sinc….

I thought children were pure and innocent, and that was inherently better..

I didn't want to be a former child actor for the rest of my life, although in some ways I suppose I am. I am going to be that..

I'm pretty cautious and not very athletic, so I've only had really dumb injuries, like sprained ankles and allergic reactions. I did have to go to th….

I'm in my late 20s, and people are coming around to it again. I think they're realizing how much this stuff affects them. I think all the time about ….

It is annoying when people call me Matilda instead of my name when they actually know my name, because you know, we are two different people. But wha….

David Sedaris wrote in one of his books that people like to make children into little grown-ups, which to him is about as funny as a dog in sunglasse….

A lot of child actors think they need to re-invent themselves, especially young women. Usually what they do is they adopt a sort of overt sexuality. ….

I've been accused of being pretentious and insufferable, and I don't really know what I can say about that. I never got good grades in school, but I ….

I think I might like to try film again just as an experiment, but I know that I could never do the mainstream thing again..

People think I'm smarter than I am..