Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star. We had no idea that other people would think we were special, because there was no other lifestyle to compare it to.
Being a child star is great. It's being a former child star that sucks.
I'm one of the few people in Hollywood who actually had a good childhood.
I know plenty of Hollywood kids who still struggle with being whole. Their lives are never fully their own - always in the grip of a parent who put celebrity ahead of them.
As for Hollywood children, their social life can get a little overboard, just like their parents can. Living in town, you attend so many functions.
Most child actors go through that. Unless you can transition into an adult star, your career is over.
I was not a child star. I was more like a young auditioner.
Not many child stars make it out of Hollywood alive or sane, and at any given time there are at least three former ones having very public breakdowns.
The idea of being a 'child star' always sounded awful to people my age, and so I was just very aware that these things are kind of fleeting and that a lot of it didn't have to do with me: it had to do with my age; it had to do with whatever came to mind when people thought of a young internet sensation.
The kids today all seem to think they should be stars, but I wasn't brought up that way.