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I went from adolescence to senility, trying to bypass maturity.

I have a pretty good family. But ever since I was little, I just felt like I wanted to be on my own. It was the same thing about school.

I had a very turbulent and painful childhood, like many people. I left for college when I was 16 years old and up until that point I'd lived in five different family configurations. Each one ended or changed through a death or some terrible loss.

I was not prepared to live as a single parent.

I was always a bit old for my age, then suddenly I'm on set, working alongside the adults, skipping school completely for two years.

I was an only child, but then my parents resettled with different partners, and I am now one of six.

As I recall, my life as a child was so all-consuming that I barely had time to consider the future.

Maybe I didn't have the childhood people think you should have, but I still went through the ages; I was still a child.

I was a regular kid with a normal family life.