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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.
Mara Wilson
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Mara Wilson
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: July 24
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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.
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Actually, I do like pink clothes, but it's not because I'm girly, it's because I'm the reincarnation of Oscar Wilde.
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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.
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People view child actors the same way that girls treat their Barbie dolls.
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I was very aware of being younger than everybody on set.
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People like to make children into little grown-ups.
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I remember feeling enormous pressure because I didn't want to be Shirley Temple. Shirley Temple was Shirley Temple, and I didn't ever feel like I could live up to that.
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Very sad, very upset, very glad I did not have to hear about this though Twitter. Probably going to be taking some time off it for a while.
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I think if I could do it over again - as much as I loved meeting the people I did on the films after 'Matilda' - I wish that I had stopped after 'Matilda.' I wish that I had just focused on my own life for a while.
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I consider my relationship with acting in Hollywood as sort of a mutual breakup. Through puberty, Hollywood didn't really want me anymore, and I was like, 'Yeah, I don't really want you, either.'
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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.
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No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.
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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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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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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 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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