Anna Chlumsky

Growing up it was the exception because I was maybe the only one in my school or my circle of friends that had that experience. But now that I know more people in the industry, I am realizing this happens to almost everybody.

Some people are really good at their jobs, some people are really bad.

But here's the thing: I had this great job, and I would still feel terribly depressed. I would just be like, 'This isn't the sweet spot. I thought this would be it, and I don't feel happy.'

We're at this place where we're pushing the next stylistic envelope.

People look to you to replace a part in their lives that they can't get back. You can't get the past back, you can't do it. We've all tried.

I really don't like to do back-to-back movies. I concentrate on things at home. My family and school life are important to me. I try to do one movie a year.

Whenever people are excited about 'My Girl', I always think if I met the kids from 'The Neverending Story.' I would probably be the same way.

When moms and dads put their kids in acting class, good luck. Because you're just filling them with stuff they don't need yet.

A lot of movies treat kids like idiots.

From the very start of all of this, my mom has read the scripts first. And if she liked something, she let me read it. She told our agent what kinds of parts that we would want.

It was easy for me to leave acting for school, because I wasn't really in it as an adolescent for fulfilling reasons.

Even on the worst days I am without a doubt still happier doing this than I am doing anything else. On acting.