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Mara Wilson Inspirational Quotes (54)

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I get a lot of Shut up, Matilda. I probably get as many Shut up, Matildas as Wil Wheaton gets Shut up, Wesleys. That was an actual line on his show, though.
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Film can be exciting, but more often, it's tedious.
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Children change a lot in terms of personality. Camaraderie that you feel with somebody might not be there a year later.
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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.
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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.
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I think I might like to try film again just as an experiment, but I know that I could never do the mainstream thing again.
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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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I'm originally from southern California, so I, like, say 'like', like, a lot. I've been trying to scrub any traces of Valley Girl from my speech since I moved to New York, but it's, like, totally way harder than anyone thinks, you know?
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I didn't want to whisper and giggle about [puberty] anymore. I felt incredibly self-conscious. I felt like I was losing myself, and I was losing who I was. And that really scared me.
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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.
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I thought I started acting at 5 or 6, it was really when they were interviewing real families for a toothpaste commercial. They interviewed our family.
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I was very aware of being younger than everybody on set.
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I guess I was a philosophical child.
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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].
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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.
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I remember my friends and I looking forward to puberty because it seemed exciting at first.
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People like to make children into little grown-ups.
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No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.
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People think I'm smarter than I am.
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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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People who meet me as an adult are often surprised that I'm alive and have never been in prison or rehab. Sometimes they're disappointed I'm not cooler.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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