Former child stars Barry Williams, from left, Leif Garrett, Corey Feldman, Dustin Diamond and Danny Bonaduce discuss their lives at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., Aug. 25. Former child stars discuss the love and pain of early fame LOS ANGELES -- The glory of being a famous cute kid can fade faster that the pages of an old Tiger Beat magazine. What often remains is nostalgia, taunting and the occasional pummeling in a celebrity boxing tournament. Some are bitter. Some have made peace with their pasts and found new successes. Others still seem a little dazed from the long-extinguished limelight. The Associated Press sat down to talk about the former child star phenomenon with Barry Williams (Greg on The Brady Bunch), Danny Bonaduce (Danny on The Partridge Family), Dustin Diamond (Screech from Saved By the Bell), Leif Garrett (teenage heartthrob singer of I Was Made for Dancin') and Corey Feldman (Mouth from The Goonies.) All five play themselves as poker buddies in the new David Spade comedy Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, offering advice to the fictional kiddie star. click for AP Interview here's a sample: "That's because you were smoking crack."
