My dad is a successful television producer, director and writer, and my mom's a director and writer. Even when I was young, I wanted to be an actress.
The No. 1 cause of preventable death for young black men is not auto accidents or accidental drowning, but homicide.
When you're a young English person who wants to be an actress and you have dreams, you dream of being Vanessa Redgrave or Judi Dench.
A strong mentor can help a young woman find and advance in the career of her dreams that otherwise may have seemed impossible.
There is no reason we should expect young children to enter the nocturnal darkness of sleep and dreams without help.
The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people.
In Britain, the centrally prescribed welfare to work system short-changes the young unemployed. Transport, housing and education are over centralised.
Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.
Unfortunately, I think there's not enough education about hydration. When I was young, we knew nothing about it. We all know that there's cases of athletes having serious issues because of dehydration and even dying.
America's public schools have served their purpose. Free and compulsory education was good for a somewhat unpromising young nation.
Soap operas are such a great way to break-in to the industry. The diminishing landscape of daytime TV means it's going to be harder for young talent to get discovered.
Calling a young artist 'great' these days can give one the heebie-jeebies: The word has been denatured in the past decade.
Our Nation is in great need of young men and women of character to lead in every arena of our society.
I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting.
That Happily Ever After is a great way to tell stories when you're young but eventually it loses its meaning because it's just not true.
I would say to young entrepreneurs and budding philanthropists - are you giving to feel good or do good?
I have nothing to lose and think that it's a positive thing that I am young and playing on a good level.
Maybe I'm too young to keep good love from going wrong, but tonight you're on my mind, so you never know.
I like a man who's good, but not too good - for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.
I don't know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage.
The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.