Mara Wilson Quotes About Children

Quotes about: Children

• 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

• 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

  "7 Reasons Child Stars Go Crazy (An Insider's Perspective)" by Mara Wilson, www.cracked.com. May 28, 2013.

• 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.

  Mara Wilson

  Children, Thinking, Needs

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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.

  Mara Wilson

  Children, Thinking, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I was never a prodigy. I was never a child genius.

  Mara Wilson

  Children, Genius, Prodigies

  Source: www.avclub.com

• People view child actors the same way that girls treat their Barbie dolls.

  Mara Wilson

  Girl, Children, Barbie Dolls

  Source: www.avclub.com

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

  Mara Wilson

  Children, Years, Personality

  Source: www.avclub.com

• There's a reason that girls cut off all their Barbie doll's hair and dye it and do things like that. I destroyed my Barbie dolls, and I know other girls did as well. And that's kind of the way they see kids movies and child actors in kids movies, as something that you've moved on from. It's babyish.

  Mara Wilson

  Girl, Children, Kids

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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

  "'Matilda' Star Mara Wilson On Why Some Child Actors Lose It". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. June 10, 2013.

• People like to make children into little grown-ups.

  Mara Wilson

  Children, People, Littles

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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.

  Mara Wilson

  Children, Rushing, Years

  Source: www.avclub.com

• People seem to forget what it was like to be a child. I think it's partly because they want to forget, because it usually wasn't as good as you thought it was, and so you want to skip over those things, and not have to relate to that anymore.

  Mara Wilson

  Children, Thinking, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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.

  Mara Wilson

  Dog, Children, Book

  Source: www.avclub.com

• It's easier to see children as mini adults than it is to imagine or to remember what it is to be a child again.

  Mara Wilson

  Children, Adults, Remember

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I remember reading To Kill A Mockingbird when I was 12. What I liked about it is that it was all seen through a child's eyes. It was Harper Lee going back and writing it from the way a child would see those things.

  Mara Wilson

  Children, Reading, Eye

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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

  "Mara Wilson On Child Stardom, Morons Wanting to 'Party With Matilda'". Interview with Karina Grudnikov, nyulocal.com. January 19, 2009.

• I've always really loved stories told from the point of view of children.

  Mara Wilson

  Children, Views, Stories

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I thought children were pure and innocent, and that was inherently better.

  Mara Wilson

  Children, Innocent, Pure

  Source: www.avclub.com

• It is strange to have everybody in the world still think of you as a child.

  Mara Wilson

  Children, Thinking, World

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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.

  Mara Wilson

  Children, Philosophical, Adults

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I guess I was a philosophical child.

  Mara Wilson

  Children, Philosophical

  Source: www.avclub.com

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