Mara Wilson
Mara Wilson
Mara Elizabeth Wilsonis an American playwright and former child actor best known for her roles as Nattie Hillard in Mrs. Doubtfire, Matilda Wormwood in Matilda, and Susan Walker in the 1994 remake of Miracle on 34th Street...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth24 July 1987
CitySan Fernando Valley, CA
CountryUnited States of America
acting art brothers classes encouraged hobby mostly parents
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.
brother long acting
When my oldest brother started acting. From there, I wanted to act myself. That's the long story short.
real acting our-family
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.
appreciate people acting
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.
acting hell soothing
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.
mother acting young
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.
growing-up acting scripts
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.
breakup acting want
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.'
pride childhood acting
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.
academic british growing love loved older three
I've always been more of a nerdy, academic type. I loved 'Star Wars' growing up. I have three older brothers, so they were a big influence on me. We loved 'Danger Mouse,' and we love 'Monty Python'. We loved any kind of British comedy and 'Wallace and Gromit' and all of that stuff.
assume future partners romantic seen talking
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.
hostility image people playing since skewed towards
I would like people to know me for who I am, especially since I think people have a very skewed image of me. I was playing a lot of cute characters, a lot of little girls; I was objectified. And I don't want people to think of me as that because it's not who I am, and because I've seen a lot of hostility towards that image.
'Matilda' was my favorite movie to film and my favorite to watch, as well.
hard known lifelong people
'Mrs. Doubtfire' is still a fun movie, and it's still fun to watch, but it is hard to watch myself sometimes. I get very critical. And people will say, 'Mara, you were five.' And I'm like, 'Yeah, but I still should have known better!' I'm a lifelong perfectionist, what can I say?