At the time I was growing up in the business I was very well established within the industry as a child actor and as I grew up and turned into a teenager there was less and less work.

At the time I was growing up in the business I was very well established within the industry as a child actor and as I grew up and turned into a teenager there was less and less work.

Drugs won't enhance your performance.

You have to work in this business on your own terms. Don't sell out for money, fame, or notoriety.

Most child actors go through that. Unless you can transition into an adult star, your career is over.

I had no real education because I was in and out of schools so I decided that I would completely change my look, change my image, change my name and move to New York.

My mother had been a country and western singer but when she moved out to Hollywood found it very difficult to get work so when I was born they put me into dance classes and singing classes as soon as I could walk actually.