Ellar Coltrane Quotes

It's beautiful to have people look me in the eyes and actually treat me like a human.

I think a lot of people were like, "Oh, you're 13, you're gonna rebel." But I was never in public school and I was never really forced to do much of anything, as a kid.

I wasn't a child star, so hopefully I can keep my head on straight.

I don't want to make any general statements, but I feel like so many stories that are presented as being about humanity and human emotion are just so convoluted and overly dramatic and focus on these certain little things that are supposedly meaningful, but just don't really mean anything.

I like acting; I like being lost in the creative process.

I was very angsty from a very young age. The way people start acting when they're 15, I started being at 8.

My mom comes from a really out-there upbringing, so for her, the way she raised me is pretty disciplined. I was home-schooled but more really unschooled, really.

I'm interested in all kinds of art. I draw and paint and don't know how to play the banjo, but I do play the banjo.

It was surreal to step out of my own existence and see how most American children experience things.

I was a pretty alert kid, and I, you know, I was very interested in arts.

I've struggled so much, growing up, with just feeling that my life is valid because it's not filled with these hyper-dramatic moments, and I think a lot of people of my generation feel that way. We're so inundated with hyper-drama that people crave everyday life.

I didn't have my parents to rebel against, but I had society, and that definitely is what they taught me. Just: Trust nothing.

I was raised to be some kind of artist.

I feel like that's so ingrained in so many children that you are so confined and repressed growing up that, anything you do, you have to rebel against it at some point.