Some Good News Arrives at Last for a Bad News Bear – New York Times
“I remember even from his teenage days he looked like somebody who had lived,” Mr. Zaillian said. “I didn’t really know what to expect, in terms of what kind of person he would be. I had really no idea even what he would look like until I saw the tape. The things you imagine with a child actor, you can’t help but think the worst.”
For me, this was the key quote in the article. I remember junior-high and high school classmates of mine who looked like somebody who had lived, or in other words, had had a tough life one way or another at an early age. Who knows how they turned out 20 to 30 years later.