Believe Quote by Kim Fields

I wouldn't even call myself a former child star. I was a child actor; there's a difference.

— Jurnee Smollett-Bell

I was a child actor but not a child star.

— Laurence Fishburne

I grew up as a child actress, not a child star. I was an actress - big difference.

— Natasha Leggero

I didn't want to be a former child actor for the rest of my life, although in some ways I suppose I am. I…

— Mara Wilson

If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what…

— Jack Davenport

When I was young, I dreamt of being a starlet in Hollywood. But there comes a point in every African American's life when you…

— Ruby Dee

When you're a Black actress, the box that we often get put in is so small. And me being a dark-skinned Black actress, the…

— KiKi Layne

As an actress, I have put myself out there as an independent black woman, a single mom, a go-getter, a hustler who isn't afraid…

— LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

I don't feel I was ever a 'famous' child actor. I was just a working actor who happened to be a kid. I was…

— Elisabeth Moss

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

— Morgan Brittany

So now I feel I'm lucky in the respect that I can sort of pick a little more carefully, which is tricky because as…

— Rachel True

Being an actor myself I realize that all actors believe they are qualified to play any role. If you showed me a script with…

— Richard Masur