A Quote by Danny Bonaduce

Being a child star is great. It's being a former child star that sucks.

Danny Bonaduce

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Being Child Former Great Star Sucks

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Danny Bonaduce
American - Actor
Born: August 13, 1959

When you say a 'former child star,' you may as well say 'failed child star.

Wil Wheaton

When you say a 'former child star,' you may as well say 'failed child star.'

Wil Wheaton

Either you have a sense of humor about [being a former child star], or you're in rehab. There's not a lot of gray area.

Wil Wheaton

If you notice, no child star made it big when s/he grew up because the child's image was still fresh in people's memory. They could not digest the fact that the child star had grown into a man.

Kunal Khemu

People don't understand being a child star is very hard because first off, to be a child star, you have to be very unique. These kids are talented to be able to do it at such a young age. At the same time, you go through the pressures of bullying and a lot of people not understanding.

Romeo Miller

I wouldn't even call myself a former child star. I was a child actor; there's a difference.

Jurnee Smollett-Bell

It's dangerous to be a child star, but it's dangerous to be a child in the ghetto, or to be a child at school being bullied.

will.i.am

Dr. Kissinger was a former child. Jerry Ford was a former child. Even F.D.R. was a former child. I retired from the movies in 1949, and I'm still a former child.

Shirley Temple

Being an ex-child star is not a given.

Danny Bonaduce

I've always hate child stars, starting from way back when, when I was a child. The first child star I saw was Shirley Temple. She was six years old, two foot six and the biggest star in Hollywood. She wore ribbons in her hair, and frilly little pinafores and shiny patent-leather tap shoes - just like the boys in Glee do.

Joan Rivers

I never dreamed of being a pop star when I was a child.

Aurora

Listen, I like great actors. You can be a movie star without being a great actor - this has been proved several times - and I like my casts to have great actors. Acting is more important to me than being a star.

Jose Padilha

A lot of people glorify and romanticize the idea of being an early bloomer: finding success very early and being a child star. But it can also be quite dangerous.