Quotes About Youth

It meant so much to me as a kid to see professional theater and hear Shakespeare's words.

My earliest influence was Shakespeare - I read Shakespeare incessantly as a kid.

I was beautiful. Now, because I am old, I take no shame in so saying.

A lot of my friends who were really sporty in year 7 and 8, in years 9 and 10 they stopped playing. It was a shame.

I don't think it's a question of age as much as it's a question of what kind of shape you're in.

I actually feel, in a lot of ways, that I'm in better shape than I was when I was 30.

I read Naomi Klein's 'No Logo' when I was 15. It's one of the things that's shaped my relationship to fame - to endorsements, to selling things.

It will be exciting to have my child share my career and to remember what I was like when I was young.

Men seem to relate to boys better, sharing their interests in whizzing about and football and car-cars and other moronic activities.

I was 19 or 20 the last time I shaved.

When you're a kid football is, and should be, sheer enjoyment.

Actors have limited time. We also have a shelf life.

A loverboy's shelf life is very limited.

I was a shy kid and acting did bring me out of my shell during high school.

We want to end poverty and protect our environment. But we think the most efficient way of achieving that is to change the way a generation of young people is educated. That's how you'll shift the world.

I read 'The Shining' before I ever saw the movie, when I was maybe 12.

Don't get me wrong, I'm going to play the young role as long as I can because once that ship has sailed, there's no getting back on it.

When you are putting on that England shirt there is pressure to perform, but if you have been around it from a younger age I think you become ready for it.

Iggy Pop is God, if God looked half that good with his shirt off.

Why isn't there any 50-year-old MCs killing it? I'm 46. Am I the only one? I can't wait to get to 50. I'm going to let everybody know it! I'm going to wear a shirt that says 'I'm 50.'

I remember getting my first Leeds shirt, me and my brother.

Seeing young boys wearing your country's shirt with your name on it is the best feeling you can probably have.

When I was about 18 or 19, I told my father that I want to be an actor, and he was shocked.

A lot of people are shocked when they hear that I played a 14-year-old.