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Despite my mother saying I have been destined to be an actress my whole life, I remember being the kid who grew up not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.

When I was young, all I wanted to be was a movie star. At a certain point, I started to grow up and really care about what I did.

I gave up my childhood for a career.

I only became a celebrity because I had a kid. Before I was pregnant nobody cared. I joke to my agent that having a baby made my career.

After an 18-year career, I left the film industry, not wanting to become one of those child-actor cautionary tales.

I had no desire to be a star. I wanted to be a character actress and be able to do all kinds of parts and work on a lot of things. That was my unconscious choice. I wanted to be an undercover actress.

I didn't really have any aspirations to do TV when I first decided to be an actor.

I went to an ordinary school in New York City with no other actors. I learned to compartmentalise different parts of my life. I was one person at home and then another person at work and for that reason my career didn't challenge my family life.

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 am going to be that.

I went into acting because I had to make a good living. I had a child now and I had to support him any way I could... I wasn't happy, but I wasn't unhappy. I was just doing what I had to do to survive.