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♪♪♪♪ YOU WILL RECOGNIZE OUR NEXT
GUEST AS ONE OF THE MOST
ADORABLE CHILD ACTORS OF OUR
TIME.
MRS. DOUBTFIRE.
ALSO THE TITLE ROLE IN MATILTA.
STARRED IN MIRACLE ON 34TH
STREET.
TODAY SHE IS ALL GROWN UP AND
HAS A BOOK TO SHARE WITH US.
TRUE STORIES OF GIRLHOOD AND
ACCIDENTAL FAME.
PLEASE WELCOME MARA WILSON.
>> HI.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> IT WAS OUR PLEASURE.
THANK YOU FOR WRITING A MEMOIR.
MEMOIRS ARE MY LIFE.
SO WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
>> WELL, TECHNICALLY RIGHT NOW
I'M IN NEW YORK CITY.
BUT I GUESS LESS LITERALLY
SPEAKING I'M IN A PLACE WHERE I
AM MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE THAN I
EVER HAVE BEEN.
>> I KNOW FROM DOING A LITTLE
BIT OF RESEARCH YOU HAVE ALWAYS
CONSIDERED YOURSELF TO BE A
STORY TELLER.
SO I IMAGINE THIS IS VERY
THRILLING FOR YOU TO GET IT ALL
DONE IN A BOOK.
WHAT ELSE IS MEANT BY THAT?
>> YEAH.
IT'S -- FIRST OF ALL OF COURSE.
THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE.
I THINK WHEN I WAS LITTLE I
LOVED TELLING STORIES.
I WOULD ALWAYS BE TELLING
STORIES.
JUST REALLY LONG DRAWN OUT
STORIES.
MY BROTHERS WOULD CUT ME OFF THE
FIRST SENTENCE GOING GOOD STORY
GOOD STORY OR OTHERWISE I WOULD
CONTINUE ALL WEEK.
IT'S A NEED TO FIND A NARRATIVE
IN EVERYTHING AND WEAVE IT
TOGETHER IS SOMETHING THAT -- I
FIND IN MANY FORMS IN MY LIFE
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WHETHER IT'S LITERALLY TELLING
STORIES ON STAGE OR JUST WRITING
OR FINDING A NARRATIVE IN
DIFFERENT THINGS.
THAT'S WHO I AM.
>> IN THE TITLE YOU SAIDKENAL
FAME.
WHAT WAS ACCIDENTAL ABOUT BEING
A CHILD STAR?
>> I REALLY DIDN'T THINK I
WOULD BECOME ONE.
WHERE I GROUP UP IN BURBANK
THERE WAS A LOT OF CHILD ACTORS.
AND THEIR KIDS WOULD DO A
COMMERCIAL OR TWO AND MAKE MONEY
FOR COLLEGE AND GO BACK TO
MICHIGAN OR WHEREVER.
MY OLDEST BROTHER DID A LITTLE
BIT OF ACTING TOO BUT DIDN'T
WANT TO DO IT ANYMORE.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN AND MY
PARENTS THOUGHT MAYBE THEY WOULD
LET ME DO A FEW THINGS HERE AND
THERE.
WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE CAST IN A
MOVIE AND CERTAINLY DIDN'T
EXPECT IT WOULD BECOME A HUGE
HIT AND REALLY DIDN'T EXPECT I
WOULD GET CAST IN MORE MOVIES.
AND IT WAS VERY VERY STRANGE.
IT WAS VERY STRANGE.
AND IT HAPPENED VERY SUDDENLY
AND ALL AT ONCE WITHIN TWO YEARS
I WAS FAMOUS.
AND IT WAS HARD AND IT WAS
EXCITING.
BOTH. .
>> AND IN THIS BOOK
THOUGH -- YOU TALK A LOT ABOUT
THE FACT THAT SOME OF THESE
THINGS ARE -- WELL, I SAY A LOT.
I'M DIVING INTO IT.
BUT SOME ARE MEMORIES AND SOME
ARE JUST THINGS THAT BECAUSE YOU
HAVE SEEN THEM YOU YOU KNOW
HAPPENED?
I THINK EVERYBODY HAS A RECORD
LIKE THAT OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
>> I USUALLY SAY MOST PEOPLE
HAVE EMBARRASSING VIDEOS AS A
CHILD.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT A
MILLION PEOPLE HAVE SEEN MINE.
>> SO MANY PEOPLE STILL WATCH
THOSE MOVIES AS NEW MOVIES.
IT'S NOT EVEN LIKE -- SOME CHILD
STARS WERE ON TV THAT MAYBE
SOMEBODY SEES NOW.
BUT THESE ARE CLASSICS FRANKLY.
SO FOR YOU TO MOVE FORWARD --
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
YOU TOUCHED SO MANY PEOPLE IN
THAT WAY BUT IN THE STORY
TELLING ASPECT YOU ACTUALLY ARE
ON STAGE DOING THIS?
>> YEAH.
I PERFORM LIVE STORIES ON STAGE
AND TELL STORIES FROM MY LIFE.
AND IT'S -- IT'S FUN AND
THERAPEUTIC AND IT'S FUNNY AND I
REALLY LOVE DOING IT.
>> WELL, PEOPLE WILL WANT TO
GET THEIR HANDS ON THIS FOR
SURE.
I KNOW IT IS AVAILABLE, WHERE AM
I NOW, T TRUE STORIES OF
GIRLHOOD AND ACCIDENTAL FAME.
MARA, THANKS FOR SPENDING TIME
WITH US AND I CAN'T WAIT TO