DanTDM Quotes

Well, I was about six or seven, and my mother and father separated.

I was six when my parents divorced, and that was tough for me.

Up until the age of 9 or so, I was an incredibly happy, pretty well-adjusted, funny kid who made my parents laugh all the time. I was a bit of a clown, and I was really happy. And then my parents divorced, and I kind of turned into a different person.

My depression is not something very special. A lot of people go through depression. My divorce is not something very special; a lot of people go through divorce.

From a child's point of view, there is rarely a great time for parents to separate, even if there has been a lot of commotion and fighting.

I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me.

My first recollection of performing was shortly after my parents split up, so the logical conclusion to draw is that that affected me.

It does hurt that your parents are not together and they are fighting. Looking back, I grew up a little quicker than I would have normally. I spent half the week with my mom and half with my dad.

I had a really good childhood up until I was nine years old. Then a classic case of divorce really affected me and I moved back and forth between relatives all the time. And I just became extremely depressed and withdrawn.

I don't like feeling vulnerable. I think my mum and dad's divorce affected me more than I let on.

I have had issues with depression all my life, and it's probably true to say there was a tendency towards it even when I was very young, during my schooldays. There was often - and this is quite common with comics - a sense of not feeling as if I belonged anywhere.

People think it must be wonderful being in movies or on television, but it can be very tough on a child. I had two friends in elementary school. That was it. There was a clique of girls that were brutal to me. They pulled some very mean stuff. My two friends got me through it. Without them, I would have been all alone.

I remember the bad times as a succession of painful emotional snapshots: Me walking into the library at 24 Sussex, seeing my mother in tears, and hearing her talk about leaving while my father stood facing her, stern and ashen.

However, if you listen to me I think you can hear years of abuse in my voice - both bad abuse and good abuse.

I had massive anxiety as a child. I was in therapy. From 8 to 10, I was borderline agora-phobic. I could not leave my mom's side. I don't really have panic attacks anymore, but I had really bad anxiety.

But I was never, you know, when I see some kids today who are close to their parents, close to their friends... I think it's simply wonderful. I was not a happy kid. Back in those days, I remember the sick, gray days were better. Because when it was sunny I'd feel worse.

'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce.

You can't underestimate how traumatic divorce is for the children.

I was an abused kid.

I was always depressed growing up. There wasn't a reason for it, I just was. I was sad and morose. I cried a lot, I wrote a lot, and I read a lot; and that was how I dealt with it.

In school, I was the quietest girl ever! I had a lot of trouble in school. Kids were mean to me.

I had a lot of anger because I wasn't happy with the way I had been raised.

My parents divorced, and I didn't have much of a daddy growing up.

And my parents' separation was tricky. But my mum had always been really honest with me, and treated me like an adult even when I was really young, so I knew they hadn't been getting on.

I know just how isolating it can feel to experience severe anxiety.