I lost agents and managers because I turned down big movies that were smutty.

I feel bad about a lot of the movies I see that teach kids that if they do bad, they'll win.

The highest grossing films have great, moral messages - not dirty, base themes, so we're trying to get producers to make more of the uplifting movies.

You've got to hang on to who you are, what you are. Don't let anyone take it from you.

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.

Everything is a rejection of you, not your product, or your script, or a cosmetic. It's you.

You put yourself on the line as a performer, and when people reject you, it's a personal rejection.