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I've never really felt like I was a child actor. Just an actor who happened to be quite young.

I was never a child actor. I was a child performer.

I wasn't a child who wanted to be an actor.

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 never really in a hit show until I was a teenager with West Wing playing First Daughter Zoey Bartlet. In a way, that was my saving grace - not being a star on a hit show. It kept me working and kept me grounded.

When I was 13 years old, a professional theater company in my town needed a kid actor. I auditioned, and I got the part, so for just a few weeks I became a member of the company and I met some professional actors.

I was never famous as a kid. That's the biggest difference between me and any other kid actor is that I wasn't famous as a kid.

All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor.

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.