I felt like I had two fathers. I had my real father and the father in my head. Macaulay Culkin More Quotes by Macaulay Culkin More Quotes From Macaulay Culkin I had all the fame anyone could want, and I ran away from it. Macaulay Culkin ran want fame I am a collection of thoughts and memories and likes and dislikes. I am the things that have happened to me and the sum of everything I've ever done. I am the clothes I wear on my back. I am every place and every person and every object I have ever come across. I am a bag of bones stuck to a very large rock spinning a thousand miles an hour. Macaulay Culkin likes-and-dislikes clothes memories I hope I'm remembered as the king of the world, the noble man who united all the nations of the earth. But that probably won't happen. Macaulay Culkin noble-man kings men I don't even get an allowance. Macaulay Culkin allowance money I'm not one of those people who needs that gratification of doing, like, 10 films a year. Macaulay Culkin people years needs I can go to any restaurant without a reservation, but while I'm there, everyone's gonna be staring. Macaulay Culkin reservations staring restaurants I've led a very isolated existence since I was 6 years old. It's kind of been me and my mind. Macaulay Culkin kind mind years I lead a simple life. I feed the fish. I walk the dogs. I cook dinner. Occasionally I take a meeting. Macaulay Culkin dinner simple dog He was so excited. He cut out pictures of these landscapes and neighborhoods and kind of really tried to give you a feel of the movie. It was kind of cute but at the same time it really showed his enthusiasm for it. Macaulay Culkin cutting cute giving As a senior in high school, you figure out what you want to do with your life. I asked myself if I wanted to get back into acting and thought: 'Yes, but under my own terms and nothing like it was before.' Macaulay Culkin senior acting school The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place. Macaulay Culkin funny-things fans book I'm doing naughty things, I'm drinking too much, I'm going to clubs. It really didn't matter to me, other than the fact that some parents wouldn't let their kids hang out with me. Macaulay Culkin naughty drinking kids I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate. Macaulay Culkin growing growing-up thinking I don't even know how to define myself. I'm a person who writes. It's something I enjoy, and hopefully people enjoy it as well. Macaulay Culkin enjoy writing people Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them. Macaulay Culkin paychecks want years I did 14 movies in six years, I had a cartoon TV show, and I don't want to do that again. I just want to make unique pieces of art. That's why I quit everything when I was 14 and sat around for eight years before I did another movie. Macaulay Culkin eight unique art My father was overbearing. Very controlling. He was always the way he is, even before my success. He was not always a good person. He'd play mind games to make sure I knew my place. I don't see him, which is unfortunate. But I don't have any desire to see him. I vaguely know where he is, and I don't want to know. Macaulay Culkin games play father I have no control over people's perceptions of me at all and that's one of the things I decided very early on is that I can't control the way other people think of me. All I can do, especially when it comes to my career is go out there and do cool unique kinds of things. Macaulay Culkin careers unique thinking People do bad things in their lives. And those sort of things are forgivable. That's half the point of having confession in church - you need to be able to fess up to what you've done. Macaulay Culkin church people needs People still recognize me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, "Where have you been?" The second comment they make is always, "Oh, you've grown up." Macaulay Culkin streets people firsts
