I was never a child actor. I was a child performer.
Most child actors, once they hit 18, once they hit 21, that's it. Even teenage kids often don't make the transition.
Unlike me, a lot of child actors are very short, which is why they work. So when they're 15 they can play 11 or when they're 18 they can play 14. They look young for so long, they have abilities a much younger kid wouldn't have.
If I can make a career for myself after Potter, and it goes well, and is varied and with longevity, then that puts to bed the 'child actors argument'.
Most child actors were lucky enough to get the part in the first place.
I feel like I grew up differently, when you're a child actor you grow up differently, but it's not that different than growing up as, like, a child basketball player who goes to the NBA. There are certain kids who become professionals at a very young age. There's a lot of sacrifice that goes into that.
I didn't grow up as child actor.
When you're a child actor, part of you grows up really fast and part of you doesn't grow up at all.
I was the class clown in school, and I was also a child actor - not on television, but in the theatre.
Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what a child actor is. She's an actor who's a child.
