17 Quotes by Gaten Matarazzo

I'm a kid who grew up in a small town and started acting when he was seven for no reason and got lucky. Sometimes it can be a little overwhelming. I feel like some people, especially child stars, act out because they don't know how to handle the pressure.

Unless people are in the shoes of a child actor, they don't realise how difficult it can be at times. I definitely enjoy what I'm doing, though.

It's great to have a good relationship with the directors and learn about things you do with cameras, and how you direct.

I was like, 'I'm only going to do musical theater for the rest of my life. I'm never going to do TV.' And whenever I'd get auditions for TV, I'd be like, 'Okay, whatever. I've got a lisp, so they're not going to take me.' And then I started doing this, and I guess it was my sister that got me into the acting thing.

I started doing theater, musical theater, because of my sister. She's a singer; she's an actress, too.

I love when people stop and talk to me, because the people are always so nice.

I miss Broadway! I'm still a theatre kid, don't worry!

My friends are pretty used to me being an actor, and the ones who have known me for a long time don't make too big of a deal out of it.