Mara Wilson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If I were really really ridiculously wealthy, I wouldnâ€™t buy a mansion, just tiny apartments in every city I love.
-- Mara Wilson

#Cities #Tiny #Wealthy
I can't take much pride in my childhood acting. It feels like it happened in another lifetime, and even then, it felt like a hobby.
-- Mara Wilson

#Pride #Childhood #Acting
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

#People #Adults #Alive
I still get recognized. It's flattering, but it can be uncomfortable. Maybe because it only seems to happen when I'm looking and feeling crappy.
-- Mara Wilson

#Feelings #Uncomfortable #Flattering
If I ever have children of my own, they will read Matilda. They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see Matilda: The Musical.
-- Mara Wilson

#Children #Musical #Watches
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.
-- Mara Wilson

#Thinking #Trying #Might
Film can be exciting, but more often, it's tedious.
-- Mara Wilson

#Film #Exciting
If you can affect someone when theyâ€™re young, you are in their heart forever,
-- Mara Wilson

#Heart #Forever #Young
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.
-- Mara Wilson

#Children #Pride #Accomplishment
I'm pretty cautious and not very athletic, so I've only had really dumb injuries, like sprained ankles and allergic reactions. I did have to go to the hospital after slicing my finger while trying to cut a Kaiser roll in half.
-- Mara Wilson

#Cutting #Athletic #Dumb
I don't have any plans to pursue film acting. It's not my thing anymore, if it ever was. Yes, I do still act sometimes. But when I do, it's with people I know and trust, people who respect me as a person and appreciate what I have to offer.
-- Mara Wilson

#People #Appreciate #Acting
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.
-- Mara Wilson

#Feelings #Want #Pressure
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.
-- Mara Wilson

#Thinking #People #Wish
That's my suggestion for kids who want to act, by the way: Make sure it's really your choice, get out of it when it stops being fun, and get an education.
-- Mara Wilson

#Fun #Kids #Choices
The celebrity aspect is nothing short of ridiculous, and auditioning is brutal and dehumanizing. Every time I see a pretty young girl on the subway reading sides for an audition, my only thought is, 'Man, am I glad I'm not doing that anymore.' I never feel nostalgia, just relief.
-- Mara Wilson

#Girl #Reading #Men
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?
-- Mara Wilson

#Girl #New York #Thinking
I had people in 'Entertainment Weekly' talking about how they wanted to throttle me because they thought I was too disgustingly cute, as if that were my fault, you know, as if that was my fault, not the fault of directors and producers and such.
-- Mara Wilson

#Cute #Talking #People
The best times I had on film sets were the times the director let me express myself, but those were rare.
-- Mara Wilson

#Directors #Film #Let Me
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.
-- Mara Wilson

#Nice #Doors #Just Being
Here is something no real celebrity will ever tell you: film acting is not very fun. Doing the same thing over and over again until, in the directors eyes, you get it right does not allow for very much creative freedom... In terms of sheer adrenaline, film has absolutely nothing on theater.
-- Mara Wilson

#Fun #Real #Eye
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.
-- Mara Wilson

#Children #Actors #Want
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.
-- Mara Wilson

#Stars #Children #Adults
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.
-- Mara Wilson

#Growing Up #Acting #Scripts
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.'
-- Mara Wilson

#Breakup #Acting #Hollywood
If I were to talk to Lindsay Lohan, I'd encourage her to get the hell out of acting and into something soothing. Take up botany or something.
-- Mara Wilson

#Acting #Hell #Soothing
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.
-- Mara Wilson

#Upset #Very Sad #Glad
No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.
-- Mara Wilson

#Stars #Sorry #Dancing
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.
-- Mara Wilson

#Mother #Acting #Young

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