Jeremy Sumpter Quotes

To be honest, Peter Pan was one of those fairy tales that I sort of related to, and I think that's the case with a lot of kids. The whole idea of escapism really resonates with a lot of kids.

I am part of this generation with 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and 'Peter Pan.' I think we all grew up in this culture of pirates.

When I was a little girl, I dreamed of being an elf.

My whole career has been fulfilling my childhood fantasies, playing characters that are larger than life, getting to play a knight, an elf, a prince, and a soldier.

With my writing, I can still play inside an enchanted castle or live inside an old fort. I can run from ghosts or ride dolphins any day of the week.

Every time I see a good play or watch a good movie, I have the same feeling I had as a child of wanting to be that person on stage or wanting to run through the forest with a big dress on.

There's something about girls and unicorns that's deep and meaningful. Something about childhood.

When I wrote 'The Shadow Thief,' I had an obsession with Peter Pan. I get focused on things. In fact, I was an absolute horror to live with at that stage. I had a big fight with my mum because I wanted her to change the windows so Peter Pan could visit me.

I never play without my cape.

I was always a 'let's pretend' kind of kid.

I played cops and robbers and pirates and all the rest when I was a kid, but I didn't want to grow up and be an actor and play cops and robbers and pirates. I wanted to grow up and be that, be cops and robbers and pirates.

I never grew up reading or fantasizing about fairy tales. I was always too busy, like, outside being a kid.

I love dressing up in superhero outfits and in fact, when I dress up as Wonder Woman, I actually think that I'm more powerful.

Fantasy hats give you the possibility to dream.

To be honest, Peter Pan was one of those fairy tales that I sort of related to, and I think that's the case with a lot of kids.

I love fantasy; I love imagination - that's the inner child in me.

There is a child in every man, and that's why larger-than-life stories which have a fairly tale component will work.

I am not someone who throws around the word 'self-esteem.' It is a fictional description.

As a little girl I loved the thought of playing dress-up and getting ready.

When I was doing theater, I was very successful at believing that I was great, God's gift to the theater.

I did not have any delusions of grandeur as a kid.

The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older.

I was a huge fantasy geek growing up. I was the dungeon master in my D&D game.

I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.

I thought I was the coolest kid in the world, so I wound up being the coolest kid in the world.