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.

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.

There were things that I knew that I was going to keep to myself.

I didn't trust adults because I thought they were all kind of corrupted.

I guess I was a philosophical child.

People want to bring kids to their level, and they want to make it seem like kids have this thing. It's seen as funny to them.

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.