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'Stepmom' star Jena Malone on growing up in Hollywood: 'I never stopped feeling like a child'
The former child star reveals the project that made people recognize her and explains why she emancipated from her parents at age 15.
Tyler James Williams remembers that 'Everybody Hates Chris' ads were on NYC buses when he was 12: 'It was kind of traumatic'
Williams recalls setting a clear intention for his career that's led him to "Abbott Elementary."
'E.T.' child star Henry Thomas reveals why he left Hollywood for an Oregon farm
The actor looks back at his role in the classic Steven Spielberg blockbuster and his struggles with childhood fame.
Ke Huy Quan looks back on 'Indiana Jones' and 'The Goonies' and reveals what made him finally return to acting
The former child star reflects on his 1980s classics and explains why there will never be a "Goonies 2."
Kel Mitchell talks 'All That,' working with 'sponge' Amanda Bynes, an invitation from Britney Spears and his lasting friendship with Kenan Thompson
Mitchell says that he and the "Saturday Night Live" star "talk all the time."
Former Disney star Christy Carlson Romano says early fame fueled financial issues, alcoholism and more: 'The industry is a workplace for adults'
Christy Carlson Romano starred in Disney Channel's "Even Stevens" and "Kim Possible" as a teen.
CelebrityYahoo Entertainment'Big' star David Moscow says 'failing might be the best gift that I was given as a child actor'
“I think failing might be the best gift that I was given as a child actor. Not the moments where I was successful,” the former child actor says.
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Candace Cameron Bure says eating disorder struggle 'never goes away'
The "Full House" alum talks about her days on the original "Full House."
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Lance Bass says he felt like he was being told to hide his sexuality during his *NSYNC days
Lance Bass looks back on his teen years in *NSYNC.
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Tamera Mowry-Housley looks back on childhood stardom — and competing for just a few roles for Black girls
The actress remembers stiff competition for the limited number of parts for Black actresses.
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Donny Osmond talks the highs of being a teen idol and the lows that came afterward: 'I couldn't get arrested'
Osmond also talks about what it was like to have thousands of teenage girls screaming his name.
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Dante Basco reflects on diversity in Hollywood as a child star: 'No one even knew what a Filipino was'
'Hook' star Dante Basco reflects growing up in Hollywood, including hanging out with Jonathan Brandis and a shoplifting experience that changed his life.
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Hayley Mills on the roles she was forced to turn down: 'A nymphet really didn't gel with the Disney image'
The star of "The Parent Trap" and other Disney classics said leaving the studio was "a big step."
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Mena Suvari on surviving sexual abuse in her teens: ‘I didn’t know how to say I was raped’
Mena Suvari opens up about her life, sexual abuse and drug use in her book, "The Great Peace."
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Mayim Bialik reveals why she always felt 'different' growing up in Hollywood
From "Blossom" to "Beaches," actress describes how her immigrant family kept her sane in Hollywood and prepared her for adulthood. "Growing up in front of millions of people is not easy."
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Soleil Moon Frye and Melissa Joan Hart explain the key to surviving and thriving in show business as a child performer
The actresses, BFFs since meeting at an audition as kids in the 1980s, talk about dealing with fame at a young age with such iconic shows as "Punky Brewster," "Clarissa Explains It All" and "Sabrina the Teenage Witch."
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'Mrs. Doubtfire' child star Lisa Jakub reveals the kind act that Robin Williams did for her
Jakub was 14 when she made the box-office hit.
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Jerry O’Connell reacts to 'Stand by Me' co-star Wil Wheaton’s emotional abuse revelation: 'I had no idea'
Jerry O'Connell lent his "Stand by Me" co-star and longtime friend Wil Wheaton support after revelations Wheaton made of a painful childhood.
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Wil Wheaton says he channeled emotional abuse from parents into 'Stand by Me' performance
Wil Wheaton looks back at difficult experience as a child actor while making the 1986 coming-of-age classic based on the Stephen King novella.
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'Little House on the Prairie' star Alison Arngrim says protection for child actors is so much better today, but it still has far to go
Alison Arngrim played spoiled Nellie Oleson from 1974 to 1982.
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Former child star Alyson Stoner says her body and mind were 'crying out for support' before she went to rehab
Alyson Stoner, now 27, tells Yahoo Entertainment that therapy and rehab saved her from falling down the "toddler to trainwreck" path. Now she wants to help others.