Former Child Star Quinn Cummings on Acting: 'I Realized I Didn’t Love It Anymore'

Q: Quinn Cummings was one of my favorite child stars. Is she still acting? —Jennie S., Anaheim, Calif.

A: Cummings, 45, got an Oscar nomination at age 10 for The Goodbye Girl, but she hasn’t acted since appearing on Evening Shade in 1992.

“I realized I didn’t love it anymore,” she says. She’s since found success as a writer. Her new book, The Year of Learning Dangerously, explores her decision to homeschool her 12-year-old daughter—who isn’t impressed by her mother’s acting past. “Moms by definition aren’t terribly interesting!” Cummings says.


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