Mara Wilson Quotes - Page 2

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• The celebrity aspect is nothing short of ridiculous, and auditioning is brutal and dehumanizing. Every time I see a pretty young girl on the subway reading sides for an audition, my only thought is, 'Man, am I glad I'm not doing that anymore.' I never feel nostalgia, just relief.

  Mara Wilson

  Girl, Reading, Men

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• I'm pretty cautious and not very athletic, so I've only had really dumb injuries, like sprained ankles and allergic reactions. I did have to go to the hospital after slicing my finger while trying to cut a Kaiser roll in half.

  Mara Wilson

  Cutting, Athletic, Dumb

  "Mara Wilson: Hollywood child star turned New York storyteller". Interview with Katie Rogers, www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2013.

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• My mother died when I was young, and I was filming all the time. I was all over the place. Acting was the one constant.

  Mara Wilson

  Mother, Acting, Young

  "Atheism, 9/11 Conspiracy Theories, and Sheeple with Mara Wilson and Max Reuben". Interview with Zachary Stewart, www.theatermania.com. August 7, 2013.

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• I still get recognized. It's flattering, but it can be uncomfortable. Maybe because it only seems to happen when I'm looking and feeling crappy.

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  Feelings, Uncomfortable, Flattering

  "7 Reasons Child Stars Go Crazy (An Insider's Perspective)" by Mara Wilson, www.cracked.com. May 28, 2013.

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• I'd rather be known for my accomplishments, and for things that I really do take pride in, rather than known for this doll-like image I had when I was a child.

  Mara Wilson

  Children, Pride, Accomplishment

  "Mara Wilson On Child Stardom, Morons Wanting to 'Party With Matilda'". Interview with Karina Grudnikov, nyulocal.com. January 19, 2009.

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• I didn't want to be a former child actor for the rest of my life, although in some ways I suppose I am. I am going to be that.

  Mara Wilson

  Children, Actors, Want

  "'Matilda' Star Mara Wilson On Why Some Child Actors Lose It". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. June 10, 2013.

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• That's my suggestion for kids who want to act, by the way: Make sure it's really your choice, get out of it when it stops being fun, and get an education.

  Mara Wilson

  Fun, Kids, Choices

  "7 Reasons Child Stars Go Crazy (An Insider's Perspective)" by Mara Wilson, www.cracked.com. May 28, 2013.

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• I don't know if I'm always going to be acting. Maybe when I grow up, I will be a scriptwriter. I already have a few scripts in my head.

  Mara Wilson

  Growing Up, Acting, Scripts

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• There's a reason that girls cut off all their Barbie doll's hair and dye it and do things like that. I destroyed my Barbie dolls, and I know other girls did as well. And that's kind of the way they see kids movies and child actors in kids movies, as something that you've moved on from. It's babyish.

  Mara Wilson

  Girl, Children, Kids

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I've never considered myself cool, and I don't think I ever will be. Honestly, it's better that way. It's much less pressure.

  Mara Wilson

  Thinking, Way, Pressure

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I'm surprised by how much I remember [on childhood on film]. I think it's just because I had these interesting moments. Of course, you never know when they're interesting moments, but there was a lot of stuff that I remember and have attached significance to later. I remember enough. I remember highlights.

  Mara Wilson

  Thinking, Interesting, Childhood

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• People view child actors the same way that girls treat their Barbie dolls.

  Mara Wilson

  Girl, Children, Barbie Dolls

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• My grades in high school were not very good. I was that kind of perfectionist that figured if you can't do it perfectly, why do it at all?

  Mara Wilson

  School, Kind, Perfectionist

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• For me [being a kid actor], it's a bit like when you see your mom's friends, and they're like, "I remember when you were this big. You'll always be that cute little kid to me." It's like that times a thousand. Well, times a couple thousand.

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  Cute, Mom, Couple

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• It's a little bit annoying, because it feels like everybody's taking the power away from you. Everybody's taking your adult life away from you. On one level, I used to resent it.

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  Littles, Adults, Levels

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• It definitely is something that can get frustrating, because you want to live life on your own terms, and it feels for a while like you can't. But I've come to understand that I got to have all these amazing experiences that other people don't have. So this is the trade-off.

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  Live Life, People, Want

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• There were things that I knew that I was going to keep to myself.

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  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Of course I didn't have a boyfriend then. I didn't even have a camp boyfriend then [at age of 13].

  Mara Wilson

  Age, Camps, Courses

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I was such a nerd. It just wasn't something I would have wanted. And I didn't want to act like an adult.

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  Nerd, Adults, Want

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• It's easier to see children as mini adults than it is to imagine or to remember what it is to be a child again.

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  Children, Adults, Remember

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I guess I was a philosophical child.

  Mara Wilson

  Children, Philosophical

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The Hollywood stuff in the book tended to come later. I think it was because I was worried about leading with that stuff. I wanted to try to make sure that the other stories in the book were as interesting. I wanted to spend more time on them and craft them. The thing is, with writing, it's form or content.

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  Book, Writing, Thinking

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Nobody cares about that. I do have guys every now and then who say - it's always guys by the way, it's never women - who say, "You were my childhood crush, can we date?" And I'm like, "There's something kind of creepy about that. Do you hear yourself?"

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  Crush, Childhood, Guy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Puberty was definitely difficult for me. I remember my friends and I looking forward to puberty because it seemed exciting at first. You read Judy Blume and you think, "This is kind of cool." But when it actually started happening to me, I was terrified.

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  Thinking, Firsts, Looking Forward

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I'm surprised by how much I remember.

  Mara Wilson

  Remember

  Source: www.avclub.com

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