The best times I had on film sets were the times the director let me express myself, but those were rare.

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 cooler.

The thing is, with writing, it's form or content. You need to write about something interesting or you need to write about it in an interesting way.

Do people think I'm cool because I was in a movie when I was a child? No. Well, maybe a little bit more than they used to. There's definitely a nostalgia factor.

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 how much Judy Blume affected me, or Beverly Cleary. And I think that now some people are starting to come around and get more of an appreciation for [my stuff].

Children change a lot in terms of personality. Camaraderie that you feel with somebody might not be there a year later.

Film can be exciting, but more often, it's tedious.