“This business can be very erratic and intense … You can be the subject of great attention, both positive and negative. You really do have to tether yourself when you're a teen star. If you don't have that tether, then you're really lost.”

—  Claire Danes

As quoted in The Chicago Sun-Times (10 August 2007) http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/pearlman/504249,CNT-News-peop10.article

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