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I didn't have a teen age at all. I didn't even look at boys, never mind... then suddenly it was like, 'Oh my god!' So I made up for a lot of lost time very quickly. It was kind of bonkers. Working hard, partying hard - but also experiencing life, you know.

I had very few friends. We always ate dinner with our parents. We didn't want to go out. American adolescence was a lot wilder than I would have felt comfortable with.

I never really had a teenage experience. I went from childhood to maturity, and in some ways, it short-circuited me emotionally.

The thing about adolescence is that you are emerging from a state of obscurity. You are coming out into the world from your family. Your family can seem normal because it is your family and all you know, but in fact it is a mess.

In a lot of ways, I wasn't a normal teenager.

I think I've been lucky enough to have had an extended adolescence. I'm a lot like I was when I was 15.

I was having my teens in my 30s.

The area of teenage life is not necessarily rarefied; we've all gone through that period. It's not as rarefied as a western or a space adventure or a gangster film, but it has its own dynamic.

Adolescence is a difficult time at the best of times, and especially in a smaller town - there's all these different energies going on.