I was a very confident child. I knew I wanted to be an…

Chloë Moretz as Carrie has an inherent amount of charisma, the camera loves her, she's been acting since she's five, she's a total pro,…

— Kimberly Peirce

“Be confident because you are a child of God. Be humble because everyone else is, too.”

— Melton S Davis

TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films, you just…

— Jessica Lange

I decided that I wanted to be an actress at the age of 7. This is something I've always known.

— Imani Hakim

I think it was really crucial that the actress was age appropriate. There are films, such as An Education, where that wasn't the case,…

— David Schwimmer

I wanted to be an actress from about the age of five.

— Phyllida Lloyd

“A child, she knew has, no choice where God will send it.”

— Tess Hilmo

“Even from those very first hours, Claire was an easy and quiet child. It was as though she already knew that she could not…

— Edwidge Danticat

Even as a child, I knew what I didn't want. I didn't want to wear red lipstick.

— Patti Smith

As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into…

— V. S. Naipaul

Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again.

— Jackie Chan

“Even then, only a child, she knew she had to pretend to be someone else -- for her parents, for their customers, for everyone…

— Leslie Parry

“imagine that it were given back to me to be the child who knew departure would be sweet, the boy who drew square-rigged ships,…

— Marilyn Hacker

“There was no fear of sandpaper earth, no sense of danger from a bare-skinned spill, for the boy was a child—a six-foot, one-inch growing…

— Tony Taylor

“She smiled, pretending to be unaware like every child, but she knew. Children know things even if they can’t explain them in words.”

— Cara Ruegg