"I started promoting clubs when I was 15. 1 was doing what is considered the normal collegiate stuff when I was a lot younger. I was holding my own, but doing a lot of crazy things"
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The phrase “normal collegiate stuff” is doing quiet, strategic work. It doesn’t name anything, which lets the listener fill in the blanks (late nights, parties, access, status) while keeping him safely on the right side of respectability. “Considered” is the tell: he’s acknowledging that what counts as “normal” is socially negotiated, and in his world, the timeline got distorted. He wasn’t a delinquent, he implies; he was early.
Subtextually, this is a story about accelerated adulthood and the weird professionalization of adolescence in celebrity culture. A teen “promoting clubs” isn’t just a kid skipping steps; it hints at porous boundaries, adults benefiting from youth labor, and an industry that rewards precocity. The final clause - “doing a lot of crazy things” - is both confession and protective vagueness, a way to gesture at excess without litigating it.
Context matters: coming from an actor whose public identity was shaped young, the line reads as brand maintenance. He’s not glamorizing recklessness as much as reclaiming narrative control over it: I wasn’t out of control; I was ahead of the curve, and I survived it.
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| Topic | Youth |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Green, Brian Austin. (2026, January 17). I started promoting clubs when I was 15. 1 was doing what is considered the normal collegiate stuff when I was a lot younger. I was holding my own, but doing a lot of crazy things. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-started-promoting-clubs-when-i-was-15-1-was-48200/
Chicago Style
Green, Brian Austin. "I started promoting clubs when I was 15. 1 was doing what is considered the normal collegiate stuff when I was a lot younger. I was holding my own, but doing a lot of crazy things." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-started-promoting-clubs-when-i-was-15-1-was-48200/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I started promoting clubs when I was 15. 1 was doing what is considered the normal collegiate stuff when I was a lot younger. I was holding my own, but doing a lot of crazy things." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-started-promoting-clubs-when-i-was-15-1-was-48200/. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.


