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.

My grades in high school were not very good. I was that kind of perfectionist that figured if you can't do it perfectly, why do it at all?

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

I knew I didn't want to put anything down in writing about the first time that I had sex. I knew that I didn't want to do that.

It is annoying when people call me Matilda instead of my name when they actually know my name, because you know, we are two different people. But what can you do?

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.

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.