139 Quotes by Mara Wilson

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.

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.

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.

No, you will never see me on ‘Dancing With the Stars.’ Sorry.

Something strange is happening to me: I find myself becoming lighter and less cynical. People use sarcasm and I don’t immediately pick up on it, because I don’t use it anymore. When people do, it’s as if I’m hearing a language I spoke fluently in my childhood, but have since lost. And I just find Woody Allen creepy.

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.

I used to feel compelled to respond. Once I contacted the author of a list of “Ugliest Former Child Actors” to ask her why, as a woman, she was punishing other women for the way they looked. She wrote back immediately to apologise. “I write stupid things on the internet to pay the bills,” she said. “I can’t afford integrity.

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.

I generally assumed a guy was gay until proven straight, taken until proven single, and not interested until he’d put his tongue in my mouth.