Everything is a rejection of you, not your product, or your script, or a cosmetic. It's you. |
Most child actors go through that. Unless you can transition into an adult star, your career is over. |
I thought I would keep the first name Susan and change the last name but I picked up this book and as I opened it the lead character in it was called Morgan Brittany. |
I've played killers, crazies, and really bad people. |
People are hungry for messages of hope and life. |
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. |
Well, our children do know what this industry is about, but they have a good grip on who they are. |
The only time in my career prior to that I played an evil character was in the twilight Zone. |
I feel bad about a lot of the movies I see that teach kids that if they do bad, they'll win. |
You've got to hang on to who you are, what you are. Don't let anyone take it from you. |
Once you sell yourself, it's over. You've got nothing left. |
Hollywood has an obligation to watch what they put out there. Kids do imitate what they see - good or bad. |
You have to work in this business on your own terms. Don't sell out for money, fame, or notoriety. |
I lost agents and managers because I turned down big movies that were smutty. |
Drugs won't enhance your performance. |
I can meet any producer in Hollywood and look them in the eye, knowing I didn't sleep with them, or do drugs with them. |
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 put yourself on the line as a performer, and when people reject you, it's a personal rejection. |
I was looked at as weird, odd, not fitting in with the Hollywood crowd. |
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. |