Teen

Well, to start, for me, at seven years old, I was on a television contest called 'The Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club.' Each week you won a prize, a washing machine, you know, a dryer. The grand prize was a Nash Rambler car. And before I came on, a young African-American boy had won. He was a tap dancer and he won the grand prize.

I spent my older teen years holding my tongue while my Hollywood coworkers gushed about big government, attacked anyone to the Right of raging socialism, and shunned me every time I posted a picture with a gun.

I identified with that inability to communicate or comprehend it, that inarticulation, and being lost as a teen. I think everyone has this.

Everyone wants to be in Teen Vogue!

I was probably seven or eight when I first watched 'West Side Story.' The film - and 'Dance with Me' with Vanessa Williams and Chayanne, which I saw as an early teen - introduced me to Latin dance and Latin ballroom. They also introduced me to Latinx culture.

It was never my plan to be a teen idol.

As a teen, I never went on holiday, because all my summers were spent in hospital. And as if that wasn't bad enough, the hospital in question was in Slough.

I started bumming around when I was a teen.

Without exaggeration, hyperbole or conflict of interest, 'On My Block' is the best teen show in the history of teen shows.

I think I learned 'Smoke On The Water,' then 'Eye of the Tiger,' then 'Smells Like Teen Spirit.'

I think as a teen who was thrust into the public eye pretty quickly, I got overwhelmed easily and felt constant pressure to be a certain type of person.

I always wanted to be independent. I worked at a few odd jobs as a teen and, when I was in my early 20s, I soon realised that I disliked unfair bosses. I knew I was disciplined and motivated, and that I would work best when I was self-employed.

I guess I never took my fame as a teen idol too seriously.

I wanted to be an actor since I was three years old; I would dance to Madhuri Dixit's 'Ek do teen' in front of the mirror and recite dialogues from 'Kal Ho Naa Ho,' 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... ,' 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai...'

It's tough enough handling the teen years in private without all the pressures of work and long hours on the set.

There's no greater challenge, for most parents, than letting a growing teen go out into the world, knowing he is exposed to risk, but that it is also your duty to let him go.

It's very important to see a black gay teen represented.

Be it 'Teen Bahuraniyaan' or 'Qubool Hai,' Zee TV has always been special.

'Teen Bahuraniyaan' got us many awards. Be it Best Jodi, Debut faces or favorite bahu, we bagged many awards. I still watch the show online and keep blushing. I really miss the cast.

For me, music doesn't have a color. 'Teen Spirit' is a fire song made by a white guy that me as a black person loves and can identify with.