Helen Hunt Quotes

I grew up as normally as any other kid. Between that small TV part I did at five and when I turned professional actor at 18, I stayed away from the limelight, so I was just like any typical kid who went to school.

When I go to school, I'm always happy because it's a normal kid thing.

I always wondered what it was like to be just a normal kid growing up in trying times or during a great moment in history.

My mom always made sure I lived my life as a regular kid.

Some skaters, they live for skating, and they are home-schooled. I'm very lucky my parents let me go to school and have a normal life.

I've always been fascinated by Elizabeth Taylor, and I had read that her first kiss happened on a film set, which actually made me a little sad. You need to have normal experiences of your own.

My mother was right when she said that turning pro would take away my youth.

I did a show when I was two, but I didn't start acting as a child. I wanted to go to school every day and be with my friends and really have that experience.

I would be lying if I said if I didn't miss out on what normal teenagers do, of course. But I don't need pity for that.

I wanted young people to know that I was just a typical child.

It's nice to socialize with some normal students, and kind of separate from my skating life with academics.

I do have, like, a regular childhood. I mean, I'm treated the same.

I want to have a normal high-school experience.

I was brought up as a normal kid.

There were many things in my childhood I sacrificed: I started travelling quite young, compromising school in terms of learning and time with friends doing normal stuff as a kid you want to do. But obviously I wouldn't change a day.

I was just a regular kid.

From age 7 to about 37, I had a normal life and not a very easy one.

You should really try to live your childhood when you’re a child, because if you do it when you’re 26, it can be dangerous.

Ever wonder why people are so determined to reach for white picket fences, supposed normalcy, a nuclear family? Well, try growing up without one.

It was great for me getting a chance to grow up as a normal kid just out of the spotlight, versus all of them growing up in New York. They always had that intense media and spotlight on them.

He wants to be grown-up. How different dreams can be! Nature will soon grant your wish.

I curled myself into a ball and cried quietly, doing that thing that only young people can do, namely, feeling sorry for myself. Once you're past thirty you lose that ability; instead of feeling sorry for yourself you turn bitter.

I can't really remember my life without movies... [Growing up in Hollywood] is no different really. I make movies the same way other kids play tennis or go to piano lessons. I'm trying to get better at what I want to do, just like other kids are trying to get better at what they want to do.

I'm happy that I was able to experience a normal life besides show business, because it gives you something to draw from.

I was an adult when I was supposed to be a kid. So now I'm an adult and I'm acting like a kid.