I was a pretty nerdy kid. I was pretty nerdy. I'm still kind of nerdy. I have all of the worst qualities of being a nerd - all of the affect and none….

To me, the punk rock kids I grew up with were really, really smart, and to me, respecting those kids was a really big deal..

As it turns out, three of my four kids are professional singers. And they're really interesting, good singers..

I love giving gifts and I love receiving them. I really like giving little kids extravagant gifts. You see their little faces light up and they get e….

In the middle of the last century there was a reason to go to war. This time around the war was a really bad idea and I think the only people that be….

A lot of times you'll do a movie, and you'll be working with adults with families and kids and stuff. There's a level - you guys aren't going to be h….

As a kid books changed how I looked at the world and helped me understand things. Books still deepen me and open my heart..

Me and my sisters were taught that if our eyes worked and our legs worked, we were beautiful. We had so many kids in our family that if we all got in….

As a kid, I always thought the TV was a magic box in the corner of the room..

It seems like I always wrote, I just didn't think of it as a career choice. I just liked to tell stories ... to myself, to pen pals (I had a lot of t….

I want to be a Kid Reporter because I would like to meet interesting people, and I also love being in front of the camera! As a Kid Reporter, I would….

Now it was just the three of us: the leader, the warrior, and the kid about to wet his pants. Guess who I was..

I feel like being an actor it is a great way to do your job and be a parent, because you have a lot of freedom. You have a job and then the job ends ….

Tibby sat on the outside of a group of kids in the film program. There was a lot of dark clothing and heavy footwear, and quite a few piercings glint….

Don't be ridiculous, Charlie, people love the parents who beat their kids in department stores. It's the ones who just let their kids wreak havoc tha….

As kids we're not taught how to deal with success; we're taught how to deal with failure. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. If at first ….

It's the fault of the chess players themselves. I don't know what they used to be, but now they're not the most gentlemanly group. When it was a game….

I always felt sorry for the sidekick as a kid. They never got their due and it left a very bad taste in the mouth - they are defined by a subordinate….

I was the youngest kid. When I was five, my sisters were 17, 19, and 21, already becoming women. I would see how different they would be around one a….

I play very sweet characters, so people look at me like I'm the kid from 'The Wonder Years,' rather than Brad Pitt..

But I stuttered as a kid. I went to classes to help it, and it just went away around fourth grade, when I became more aware of how others spoke, I th….