Do people think I'm cool because I was in a movie when I was a child? No. Well, maybe a little bit more than they used to. There's definitely a nostalgia factor. Mara Wilson More Quotes by Mara Wilson More Quotes From Mara Wilson People like to make children into little grown-ups. Mara Wilson littles children people Children change a lot in terms of personality. Camaraderie that you feel with somebody might not be there a year later. Mara Wilson personality children years A lot of child actors think they need to re-invent themselves, especially young women. Usually what they do is they adopt a sort of overt sexuality. It's fine if they want to do that, but a lot of times I think they feel obliged to do that, and that is something that I don't think anybody should feel obliged to express. Mara Wilson children needs thinking I've been accused of being pretentious and insufferable, and I don't really know what I can say about that. I never got good grades in school, but I did read the dictionary for fun. That was just the kind of stuff that I liked to do. I can't apologize for that. Mara Wilson stuff fun school I'm surprised by how much I remember. Mara Wilson remember 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. Mara Wilson adults remember children 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 perfectionist kind school I didn't trust adults because I thought they were all kind of corrupted. I thought children were pure and innocent, and that was inherently better. I guess I was a philosophical child. Mara Wilson philosophical adults children 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?" Mara Wilson crush childhood guy The thing is, with writing, it's form or content. You need to write about something interesting or you need to write about it in an interesting way. Mara Wilson writing interesting needs I knew I didn't want to put anything down in writing about the first time that I had sex. I knew that I didn't want to do that. Mara Wilson want writing sex I was getting keys for my apartment, and I asked if I could get doubles, because I'm forgetful, and the woman there said, "Yeah, but it costs $5." I was like, "Oh, okay." But then she said, "Actually, you know what, I'm just going to give it to you for free. You were in that movie Mrs. Doubtfire, and that movie really helped me out in a time when I needed it. It got me through something, and it made me laugh when I needed to laugh. Mara Wilson keys giving laughing Whereas when I was a teenager, other teenagers didn't want anything to do with me. It was even like that in college to a degree. People of that age don't want anything to do with their childhood, because they had put away childish things, and they're trying to distance themselves. Mara Wilson teenager distance college 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. Mara Wilson live-life want people Children change a lot in terms of personality. Camaraderie that you feel with somebody might not be there a year later. That group might not have the same chemistry. So I completely understand why they're rushing into it, because they probably feel like they have to. Mara Wilson rushing children years 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. Mara Wilson adults levels littles It is annoying when people call me Matilda instead of my name when they actually know my name, because you know, we are two different people. But what can you do? Mara Wilson names two people I was very aware of being younger than everybody on set. Mara Wilson I had so many adults around me reminding me that I was a kid. I also had a lot of adults saying things to me like, "When I was your age..." and sort of idealizing it. I didn't like that they idealized it. Mara Wilson adults age kids I would go to the craft services table and have Oreos or whatever, and a grown woman would come up to me and look at what I was eating and sigh and go, "I remember the days when I could eat like that." And I never knew what to say that, because I was 9. Mara Wilson oreos crafts looks
