Mara Wilson Quote

I meet Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson at a book signing and ask him how he doesn’t have an existential crisis every day; he knows exactly how insignificant he is, but he seems pretty happy. Your name’s Mara? he says, and I nod. Mara, let me ask you something. Have you taken a philosophy class? Yeah, I took ethics and logic and some other ones, I say. How did you know? Because only people who have taken philosophy classes use the word ‘existential.’ I am officially less down-to-earth than an astrophysicist.

Mara Wilson

I meet Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson at a book signing and ask him how he doesn’t have an existential crisis every day; he knows exactly how insignificant he is, but he seems pretty happy. Your name’s Mara? he says, and I nod. Mara, let me ask you something. Have you taken a philosophy class? Yeah, I took ethics and logic and some other ones, I say. How did you know? Because only people who have taken philosophy classes use the word ‘existential.’ I am officially less down-to-earth than an astrophysicist.

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About Mara Wilson

Mara Wilson (born July 24, 1987) is an American actress. She rose to prominence as a child actress playing Natalie Hillard in the film Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and went on to play Susan Walker in Miracle on 34th Street (1994), the title character in Matilda (1996), and Annabel Greening in A Simple Wish (1997). Following her role as Lily in Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000), Wilson took a 12-year hiatus from acting to focus on writing. She returned to acting in 2012 and has predominantly worked in web series.