I've never been fired in my life..

I started acting when I was 9. I did smaller parts here and there as a kid, and then as I grew older I started resisting it, because I didn't like th….

Whatever you do, you're going to be criticized..

Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden..

I think there is such a thing as a bad seed that comes to flower in certain people. The danger with that theory is that we begin to look for those "t….

I'm a 21st-century kid trapped in a 19th-century family..

I'd love to have a family -- sometime in the future..

As a child, recognizing my difference from other kids, I went to the local public library to try to better understand my reality. Back then, many lib….

I've noticed that girls between like 20 and 30 seem to know 'Can't Hardly Wait.' I got the goth kids who know 'Buffy.' I got this wide spectrum of pe….

The more you talk about something, the less accurate it gets..

Kids audience is a brilliant audience. If you've got an audience of adults standing up and clapping, or you've got an audience of kids standing up an….

I only eat things that you don't have to kill..

Every experience is worth having..

As I get older, I want to do more films for kids because they're the best audience around. Just putting a smile on a kid's face is the best thing..

I was always taught as a kid that if there's anything you want in life, you've got to work towards it. I guess that sort of stayed with me, really. B….

I'm a better musician now, and I rarely practice because age has taught me the value of economy. And I think I'm a better writer now because I don't ….

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..

The reason most kids don't like school is not that the work is too hard, but that it is utterly boring..

We're in a horrible, repugnant place now where kids are told it's their right and due to be hugely famous. Not good at their job, not good at anythin….

I make my relationships at work..

Young people can listen to music at any moment in the day or night. Which is great, but I think it kind of devalues it as well. They don't feel the n….