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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.
Mara Wilson
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Mara Wilson
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: July 24
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Mara Elizabeth Wilson
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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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People view child actors the same way that girls treat their Barbie dolls.
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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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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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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?
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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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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.
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People like to make children into little grown-ups.
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Sure, I love to read, and I love to learn, but I was always nerdy that way.
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Danny DeVito later told me that he knew he wanted me for 'Matilda' the second I walked in the door. I'm not sure if this is true, or if he was just being nice, but I was thrilled when I got it.
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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 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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Film can be exciting, but more often, it's tedious.
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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'm surprised by how much I remember.
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People think I'm smarter than I am.
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I thought children were pure and innocent, and that was inherently better.
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I guess I was a philosophical child.
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David Sedaris wrote in one of his books that people like to make children into little grown-ups, which to him is about as funny as a dog in sunglasses.
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It is strange to have everybody in the world still think of you as a child.
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