Quotes by Mara Wilson

Mara Wilson

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.

Children

Needs

Thinking

Actually, I do like pink clothes, but it’s not because I’m girly, it’s because I’m the reincarnation of Oscar Wilde.

Clothes

Girly

Oscars

Children change a lot in terms of personality. Camaraderie that you feel with somebody might not be there a year later.

Children

Personality

Years

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.

Children

Rushing

Years

Considering all the legal hassle child stars can be, I won’t be surprised when they are phased out by CGI children voiced by adult actors.

Adults

Children

Stars

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.

Doors

Just Being

Nice

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.

Book

Children

Dog

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.

Children

People

Thinking

Film can be exciting, but more often, it’s tedious.

Exciting

Film

Tedious

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.

Couple

Cute

Mom

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Accomplishment

Acting

Actors

Actresses

Adults

Age

Alive

All Kinds

Appreciate

Appreciation

Athletic

Barbie Dolls

Book

Breakup

Brother

Camps

Childhood

Children

Choices

Cities

Clothes

College

Couple

Courses

Crafts

Crush

Cute

Cutting

Dancing

Difficult

Directors

Distance

Dog

Doors

Dumb

Exciting

Eye

Feelings

Film

Firsts

Flattering

Forever

Fun

Genius

Girl

Girly

Giving

Glad

Growing Up

Guy

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Quotes by Mara Wilson

Mara Wilson

Actually, I do like pink clothes, but it’s not because I’m girly, it’s because I’m the reincarnation of Oscar Wilde.

Children change a lot in terms of personality. Camaraderie that you feel with somebody might not be there a year later.

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.

Considering all the legal hassle child stars can be, I won’t be surprised when they are phased out by CGI children voiced by adult actors.

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.

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.

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.

Film can be exciting, but more often, it’s tedious.

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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