Kiernan Shipka Quotes

I know a lot of Disney Channel stars. I hang out with Debbie Ryan. Me and Ryan Newman hang out a lot, and I know a lot of them from 'Friends for Change' - we all meet from there. It's cool. Everybody is like family at Disney Channel. All the stars are so fun and nice, so it's really fun to hang out with them.

I'm not just friends with fellow actors, but I find that a lot of people are out here in L.A. I go out of my way to make sure that's not the case, but I do have a lot of friends who are actors.

I'm lucky that a lot of my friends are in the entertainment industry.

It's changing a bit, but the thing in LA is everyone is either in the industry, or knows someone who is in the industry. So, they don't let on that they recognize you, that's what I've found out.

I grew up in an entertainment family, and so I saw how susceptible you are to the ups and downs of this business.

A lot of people say I'd miss show business if I quit. I'd miss some of it. Now it's the only life I know.

I moved to L.A., and I lived in the Oakland Apartments, which is this notorious hub for actor children and their stage moms. For the first few years that I lived there, Hilary Duff and Frankie Muniz frequented the apartments. I was much younger than them at the time.

Hollywood is the backdrop of my family, and I know that the movie business is incredibly cruel as you get older.

I was a Valley girl; I hung out, and through a photographer friend. I met Peter Douglas, who was one of Kirk Douglas's kids. He introduced me to Sam Spiegel.

I was not a child star. I was more like a young auditioner.

I didn't go to drama school, so I didn't really have many true friends in the business; 'Game Of Thrones' has definitely brought me that.

My friends are pretty used to me being an actor, and the ones who have known me for a long time don't make too big of a deal out of it.

I don't really hang out with actors.

I've been in the entertainment industry - wresting, but the entertainment industry since 1989; if you have thin skin, you're going to have a tough time in this town, but I've got thick skin.

Success in show business depends on your ability to make and keep friends.

The business of being a popular entertainer in England is just too hard.

In L.A. everyone is in the entertainment industry, so you're forced to think about work.

Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle.

It's so crazy in Hollywood.

Hollywood is a fast-paced, competitive world.

I don't have many actor friends.

My father was so in love with showbiz, all the different aspects - what we're doing here, making the movies, everything about it.

In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.

I never really thought I wanted to become a movie star.

I didn't get here for my acting... but I love show business.