Losing a child is probably the singular most horrible thing.
I was quite an insomniac. I rarely slept as a child. Having God to talk to at night was nice.
Before I would hurt a child, I would slit my wrists.
As a small child, I could watch anything happen and tell a story, and it was funny.
Since I was a very small child, I've had a kind of reverence for the past, and I felt a very intimate connection with it.
I was read to as a small child, I read on my own as soon as I could, and I recall being more or less overwhelmed again and again - if not by what the books actually said, by what they suggested, what they helped me to imagine.
My mother tried to teach me when I was a small child to sing but failed because of my inability to carry a tune.
Dachshunds are ideal dogs for small children, as they are already stretched and pulled to such a length that the child cannot do much harm one way or the other.
I was an open, smiley and gregarious child. I could make friends in 30 seconds wherever I went.
The huge advantage of boarding school is that it throws you into the social fire. Every social interaction I've had since then has been a million times easier. Literally, ever since then, it's all been child's play.
Basically, my socialization as a child didn't come from any schooling; it came from being in theater and meeting people online.
When a child is watching television, he or she is not involved in play, not socializing with other individuals, and most importantly, not receiving feedback as to the actions or consequences of his or her behavior.
Paid leave is a not just a mother and child issue, it's a societal issue we have.
I loved things like Destiny's Child, and Amy Winehouse's first record came out when I was 11 years old. But as a young, young child, I was just surrounded by Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan - just massive, soulful voices.
As a child, I was subjected to a lot of spaghetti Westerns and hated them. I wanted the Indians to win - or just not be so sad!
It's expensive to raise a child with special needs, which people don't even think about. Emotionally it can be a struggle, but financially it's really rough.
One of the reasons I'm an actor is because I was no physical specimen as a child. I wasn't athletic and didn't have any prowess in that regard. Growing up in Kentucky, most little boys were trying to get into sports, and it was very competitive, so that was not to be. But I did want to do something.
Ever since I was little, I looked up to Destiny's Child so much; I looked up to the Spice Girls and En Vogue. A piece of me wanted to be in a girl group.
Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that I was as a child.
I'm an only child, so I got spoilt a lot. Which was a good thing.
