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1. "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

2. "Film can be exciting, but more often, it's tedious." ~ Mara Wilson

3. "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

4. "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

5. "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

6. "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

7. "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

8. "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

9. "'Matilda' was my favorite movie to film and my favorite to watch, as well." ~ Mara Wilson

10. "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

11. "No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry." ~ Mara Wilson

12. "The best times I had on film sets were the times the director let me express myself, but those were rare." ~ Mara Wilson

13. "Assume everything you put on the Internet can and will be seen not only by the person you're talking about, but your future romantic partners and bosses, too." ~ Mara Wilson

14. "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

15. "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 director's 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

16. "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

17. "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

18. "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

19. "I think that when I was child, acting was mostly just a hobby for me. It was something that my parents encouraged me to think of the way that my brothers thought of their cross-country classes, or my little sister to dance classes and art classes, and it was something like that for me." ~ Mara Wilson

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It needs to be said that sometimes my mom forgets important details when she talks. Like the time she told us she was considering leather (couches, it turns out), or when I was little and she said, "Here's a napkin to put your balls in" (the Atomic Fireballs that I was eating, she meant)."
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