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WwW.SubYab.CoM
(kid chatter)
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("If I Ever Was A Child"
by Wilco playing)
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♪ I've never been alone ♪
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♪ Long enough to know ♪
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♪ If I ever was a child ♪
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♪ I was tied up like a boat ♪
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♪ On a button like a coat ♪
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♪ Set free for the wild ♪
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♪ I'd jump ♪
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♪ To jolt my clumsy blood ♪
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♪ So, I... ♪
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♪ Won't ever wanna touch ♪
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♪ Your heart too much ♪
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♪ Or hold you too tight ♪
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♪ I saw ♪
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♪ Behind my brain ♪
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♪ A haunted stain ♪
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♪ Will never fade ♪
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♪ I hunt ♪
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♪ For the kind of pain ♪
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♪ I can take ♪
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♪ I... ♪
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♪ Never was alone ♪
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♪ Long enough to know ♪
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♪ If I ever was a child ♪
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♪ ♪
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Diana Serra Cary:
Well, it was just
one of those things.
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I didn't know what
a regular kid was
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because I didn't
have any friends.
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There were certain
limitations.
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I didn't know
there was another world
out there for children.
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(children chattering)
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And the life of a child
was not my life.
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♪ ♪
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As of 1920,
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I started to work.
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I was born in 1918,
so I went to work at two.
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I didn't realize
it was so special.
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I thought every parent
had worked as a child
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for their parents.
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I had put that together.
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It was a piece of cake as far
as a director was concerned.
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Anything they told
me to do, I did,
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you know, without any fuss.
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(upbeat music playing)
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My three big feature films
were very successful.
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So I went on with my
career for quite a while.
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We had employees,
we had a chauffeur,
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and we had maids,
and we had a cook,
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and this was because
we couldn't function
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as a star
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without those
accoutrements, you know?
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They even had
a doll made for me.
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They featured me as
the million-dollar child star.
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Every film was gonna be
a million dollars.
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But my father discovered
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that he would not
be cut into the profits,
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so my father got furious.
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So, he quit.
He broke the contract.
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And my career
was over at seven.
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(upbeat music ends)
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(birds chirping)
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-(beep)
-Marc: Hi.
My name is Marc Slater,
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and I'm reading for
the role of Proud Peacock.
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(creepy voice):
Born to a family
of former heroes
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in the veil of
the great spirit...
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Melanie:
With the kids, I feel like
the rings around Saturn.
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I feel like he and I,
at this point,
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we're on this outer ring.
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Your physical appearance
and your parents.
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(quiet laughter)
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-(beep)
-Good.
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I know they say
for every 100 auditions,
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you're gonna get one.
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Okay, so if we're on
the outer ring of Saturn,
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how long is it before we get
to the second ring closer
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with the callback ring?
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Okay, this is the callback
ring of kids
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that have done this or that--
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So, it goes--
So, lemme
get this straight.
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It goes--
it goes audition...
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callback, booked,
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-and the planet is
the job. Got it.
-Right. (laughs)
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♪ ♪
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Melanie:
We came out from Florida.
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This is our second year,
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and Marc had
expressed interest
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that he wanted
to be an actor.
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You know, he watched movies ad
he was always trying to portry
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that character in the movie.
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And so,
when he portrayed that,
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he would do really
good imitating.
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The imitation was...
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amazing, so...
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You have the--
the stage moms,
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you know, and I don't
ever wanna be one of those,
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because you see them,
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and they have told me
that I was a bad mother
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because I let him
go to karate.
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-Ah!
-I let him spar.
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Okay, they said,
"This is the moneymaker."
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-"Moneymaker! Moneymaker!"
-Don't let-- (laughs)
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Well, I mean-- and I,
you know, I'm horrified.
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(stirring music playing)
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(high-pitched tone)
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I'll... be...
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right... here.
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Henry Thomas:
Acting scared the hell
out of me. Like, I--
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I pissed my pants first
time I was on stage.
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Like, just outright. (whoosh)
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And then, as I was
sitting in the wings,
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waiting for my pants
to dry, I thought...
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"It's not so bad.
I don't think I'll
do that again." (laughs)
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(acoustic guitar playing)
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I grew up in south Texas,
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sort of in a rural community.
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Being an actor wasn't
really on the radar.
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Like, there weren't
a lot of guys
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going off to Hollywood,
like, in my neighborhood.
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The only kind of
show business was, like,
rodeo show business.
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My piano teacher was
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the musical director
for the local theater.
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She got me involved
in acting,
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and I thought
it was great
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because it took me
out of piano lessons.
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I thought, like,
I could do this.
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I could do this acting thing.
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Mama, did our
daddy love us?
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Henry:
I mean, I was-- I was acting
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and I was reading lines
and doing all of that,
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but I still didn't really have
an idea of what I was doing.
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And nothing about
the film industry.
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We didn't know what was
fair or what was right,
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and you hear all sorts of
horror stories, of course.
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Hollywood tales, right?
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Breaking news from Los Angeles
where '80s teen heartthrob
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Corey Haim has died from
an apparent overdose.
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-(siren, paparazzi chatter)
-Reporter 1:
Troubled pop singer
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Britney Spears has been
carried out of her home
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on a stretcher
and taken to hospital.
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Reporter 2:
Shia LaBeouf taken out
of a Broadway theater
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in handcuffs
after an outburst.
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Lindsay Lohan spent her first
night in jail Tuesday on charges
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of parole violation relating
to a 2007 DUI conviction.
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Judge:
That's 90 days in jail.
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The court's also
going to order...
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My parents knew nothing
about the business.
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Not even a little bit, um,
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it kind of scared them,
I think.
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It was kind of, you know,
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'cause you hear
all these horror stories.
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Hey. I'm Cameron Boyce
from "Jessie,"
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and you're watching
Disney Channel.
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(stretch, pop)
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Cameron:
I was actually gonna
ask if I could cuss
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in this thing
'cause I was like...
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-I don't know. But like,
for a Disney kid--
-Man: Yeah, of course--
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No, I know. It's HBO.
No, I know. Fuck, right?
Yeah, yeah.
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But, like, from a Disney kid,
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I'm thinking about that, right?
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I'm like, Oh, should I...
should-- you know?
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Didn't anyone ever
teach you to knock?
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I did knock.
You did not hear it.
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After this, knock harder.
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I hated it, to be honest.
I hated working.
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I hated going on set.
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-(children chattering)
-(rattling)
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You know, I was--
I was 11 years old.
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I was really a little girl
that wanted to play with dolls.
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Well, I always wanted to be in
show business since I was kid.
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I used to watch
"Sanford and Son,"
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and I liked television
and I wanted
to be on television.
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I told my mom from
the very beginning
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that I was gonna be
an actor on television.
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♪ But they got,
Diff'rent Strokes ♪
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♪ It takes
Diff'rent Strokes,
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♪ It takes
Diff'rent Strokes
to move the world ♪
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I did the first Parkay
Margarine commercial
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that was ever made
where it goes "butter."
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-Parkay: Butter.
-(laughs)
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-Tastes good.
-You are butter.
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(giggling)
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-Parkay: Parkay.
-(laughs)
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-Did you say that?
-No, it was the Parkay!
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The songs that I would
make up, the stories
that I would make up,
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and the performing
that I would do,
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people actually wanted
to watch you perform.
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It wasn't you,
you know, holding--
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it wasn't you holding your
family captive on holidays
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to-- to, you know,
see the show that
you made up about it.
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That was when I kinda put that
together and I went to my mom
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and I told her that
I wanted to act.
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Teacher:
And a-one
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and two and three
and four,
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quietly.
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Five and six,
seven and eight.
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One and two,
three and four,
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five and six
and seven and eight.
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Yeah, you're on
the little toe on this foot.
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(whispers):
Quietly. Other foot.
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Demi:
I'm Demi.
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I'm originally from
Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
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and I moved to New York
when I was three years old.
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-(piano playing)
-Good afternoon, Times Square.
How is everybody?
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(cheering and applause)
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Tricia:
Early on, I knew
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that she wanted
to perform.
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♪ I saw the cover
and I judged the book ♪
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♪ I turned away
without a second look ♪
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Demi:
Before I started acting,
I wanted to be a pop star.
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I think before
I started singing,
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I wanted to be a ballerina
or a gymnast.
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(cheering)
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Interviewer:
What was the first
thing you booked?
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-What was the first...
-Well, the first big thing
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-was "School of Rock."
-The first big thing
was "School of Rock."
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-Bring it in.
-Children: Yeah!
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Demi:
So, I was in it
for 10 months,
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if you include
the rehearsals and stuff.
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It was a lot of fun,
and I made a lot of friends.
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♪ Stick it to the man ♪
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She left "School of Rock,"
and then, two days later,
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she booked "Lion King."
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(woman vocalizing)
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Interviewer:
And how long were
you in "Lion King"?
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-Six months.
-Just six months.
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♪ ♪
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-And then she left to
do the Epix show, so...
-Yeah.
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Man:
I've been on the street
for 30 years,
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and I'm still here.
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♪ Just get it, just get it,
just get it ♪
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So, she's been really busy
for the past couple of years.
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Like, nonstop.
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♪ I thought I could get over,
I tried to play safe ♪
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♪ But my mom said, "No,
no way, uh-uh, forget it" ♪
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Jada Pinkett Smith:
I was three years old
when I started performing.
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I would perform every, um,
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holiday for my family.
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I would gather my cousins, and,
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you know,
construct different plays
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and, oh, play something
on the piano for Christmas.
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It was always some
kind of holiday show.
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My grandmother made sure
I was in dance class,
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tap dance, ballet, pottery,
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piano lessons,
singing lessons.
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My Saturdays
and my after school
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were full of learning
different skill sets
for the arts.
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(imitates gunshot)
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Wil Wheaton:
My mom wanted
to be an actor,
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-and wanted to be a model.
-(gunshot)
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-And the way she tells it...
-Both: Jesus!
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she didn't get
a lot of support
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from my grandmother.
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And, in my opinion,
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she went maybe a little too far,
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uh, encouraging me,
um, uh,
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to go into the industry
that she wanted to go into.
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'Cause it was never
really my idea.
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I don't know a seven-year-old
who's like,
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"What I wanna do
is go to work."
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You know somebody's
a child star
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when they're really
good at juggling,
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and Hacky Sacks
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and, like, the string game.
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Like, any kind of weird skill
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that you had to
master by yourself,
I think I have.
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And everyone's like,
"Well, how do you know how
to do all this weird stuff?"
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Because I spent a lot
of time alone on set
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in a trailer,
doing school in a trailer,
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-being alone in hotel rooms.
-I'm gonna go home.
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You know, you're very much
isolated most of the time,
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and it's a very fulfilling
but lonely experience.
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It's, like, it's a lot
of time alone.
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(light, upbeat music playing)
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Todd:
Usually, you audition for
an agency and you get an agen.
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You take lessons,
stuff like that.
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But in my case,
my mom taught me,
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and she was an actress
and an acting coach.
She was both.
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And also a manager.
She does everything, so...
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Don't you look
wonderful, Willis?
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(laughs) But,
why the sunglasses?
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So nobody recognizes me.
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♪ ♪
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Todd:
I started out with
a lot of commercials,
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and then I slowly got
a lot of different roles.
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Would you rather be black
and live to be 100,
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or white and live to be 50?
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And you weren't
really a child there.
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You were more of a mini-adult.
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You know,
that's kinda how it was.
291
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And my mom was, you know,
she was a real mom.
292
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You know, I got
to do kids' stuff.
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You know, I got to play
Little League baseball,
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got to play
Pop Warner football.
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Even though I was working,
I still got to do all that.
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It kind of-- I was able
to be a regular child
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than most other actors
were not able to do that,
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but I was able to be
a regular child.
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Most child actors
don't get a chance
to be regular children.
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I had that chance to be that.
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There was this sort of
snobbery in our family
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about acting and about
the right way to go about it
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and the right way to
present yourself in that
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we weren't gonna be
the cutesy, like, child stars.
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We were serious.
You know, this was--
We were gonna do this right.
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It was about doing great work,
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working with great people,
and like...
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We were kinda snobs.
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(laughs)
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("The Shoop Shoop Song"
by Betty Everett playing)
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Evan:
I came from
a family of artists.
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I grew up in Raleigh,
North Carolina,
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and my father ran
a regional theater.
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Still runs the theater there.
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My name is Cobweb.
This is Mud. We're fairies!
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I'm not Mud!
I'm Moss Ladybug!
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Evan:
It was just kind of normal.
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It's just something
that I did
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'cause everyone did it.
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(singing along):
♪ Oh yes, it's in his kiss ♪
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That's where it is!
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-Having a party!
-Oh!
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Look what you girls
have been up to!
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Evan:
There was a part of me
325
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that just really
wanted to play,
326
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and it was really
apparent early on
327
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that you would get in trouble
if you wanted to play.
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It would be very
disappointing to people
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if I didn't want to do this
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because I was talented.
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I just, at a very
young age, I guess,
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connected to something,
333
00:15:50,333 --> 00:15:53,875
and was able to
communicate
through this medium
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in a way that...
335
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if I didn't wanna pursue it,
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the vibe was "What a--
What a waste.
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00:16:01,375 --> 00:16:04,291
"Like, what a waste.
I can't believe you won't--
you won't do this.
338
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You won't pursue this.
You're so good at it."
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And so I didn't feel like
I could stop because I was good.
340
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So, I just did it.
341
00:16:13,875 --> 00:16:17,291
(acoustic guitar playing)
342
00:16:17,375 --> 00:16:20,208
(traffic noise)
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00:16:23,375 --> 00:16:24,834
Melanie:
If you get cast,
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00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:27,583
I think they're gonna
let these chefs,
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00:16:27,667 --> 00:16:29,250
they're gonna try
to make your dish,
346
00:16:29,333 --> 00:16:32,208
and then you get
to be the judge of what...
347
00:16:32,291 --> 00:16:35,166
-Today?
-No, I don't think that's today.
348
00:16:35,250 --> 00:16:38,667
-Oh, that's gonna be on
the show if I get it.
-Yeah. (laughs)
349
00:16:38,750 --> 00:16:40,667
Melanie:
Jeff, my husband, sat down,
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we had a conversation,
and I'm like,
"Can we do this?"
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Last year, it was easier
352
00:16:44,917 --> 00:16:46,291
because he had
a better job last year.
353
00:16:46,375 --> 00:16:47,667
He just changed companies.
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00:16:47,750 --> 00:16:50,208
This year, we've had
to go into savings.
355
00:16:50,291 --> 00:16:52,000
-I've got my
drawings right here.
-Alright.
356
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Jeff Slater:
I think it'll be
easier for us
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-if we make it than if we don't.
-(laughs)
358
00:16:57,083 --> 00:17:00,125
You know, we're spending
a lot of money,
and we're working hard.
359
00:17:00,208 --> 00:17:03,417
We're both doing the equivalent
of two jobs in some ways.
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Melanie:
Good? Okay.
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-Wait, I wanna take
a picture over here.
-Marc: What a day.
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Melanie:
Good. Okay.
363
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-So, how'd it go?
-Great.
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00:17:17,959 --> 00:17:22,000
Wil:
I spent nearly every day
after school
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driving into Hollywood
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00:17:23,959 --> 00:17:27,959
for auditions
and going to the agency
and all that stuff.
367
00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,208
I'm the oldest
of three kids.
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00:17:31,291 --> 00:17:35,125
I'm the only one who was
put into show business.
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I was a really successful
commercial actor.
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00:17:38,125 --> 00:17:40,250
I was really good
at taking direction.
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00:17:40,333 --> 00:17:42,250
Narrator:
..."Return of the Jedi"
collection.
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-Boy 1: How's business?
-Boy 2: Not bad for
a bounty hunter!
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Narrator:
Chewbacca, Princess Leia,
new AT and AT-ST driver
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action figures.
Each sold separately.
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Wil:
I had been cast
in a commercial,
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00:17:50,583 --> 00:17:52,875
and what they
wanted me to do was, like,
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00:17:52,959 --> 00:17:56,417
take a big bite of this brownie,
and then sing the song.
378
00:17:56,500 --> 00:17:59,250
And-- so, I was doing
what I was told to do,
379
00:17:59,333 --> 00:18:01,208
but there was
brownie in my teeth.
380
00:18:01,291 --> 00:18:03,917
And this director kept
yelling at me about it.
381
00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,417
So, I was like
eight or nine years old, right?
382
00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:09,625
This guy's just yelling at me,
and it's super abusive.
383
00:18:09,709 --> 00:18:12,583
But, I'm nine or eight
or whatever. I don't know.
384
00:18:12,667 --> 00:18:14,917
I can't express that.
I don't know how to do that.
385
00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,417
What I ended up doing is
getting through the day,
386
00:18:17,500 --> 00:18:20,083
finishing the job,
and then saying to my mom,
387
00:18:20,166 --> 00:18:23,333
"I don't wanna do
commercials anymore.
I wanna do movies."
388
00:18:23,834 --> 00:18:27,083
So, I stopped going on
commercial auditions,
389
00:18:27,166 --> 00:18:29,458
and I started going on
390
00:18:29,542 --> 00:18:31,583
theatrical auditions.
391
00:18:31,667 --> 00:18:33,083
(chatter)
392
00:18:33,166 --> 00:18:34,959
I am Landon Olsen.
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Hi, my name is
Natalie Parker.
394
00:18:37,250 --> 00:18:39,125
-Kaylee Mullins.
-Karsyn Cameron.
395
00:18:39,208 --> 00:18:40,291
Nigel Gonzalez.
396
00:18:40,375 --> 00:18:41,667
-Hi.
-Hi.
397
00:18:41,750 --> 00:18:43,750
-Hello.
-Hello. My name is Tam.
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00:18:43,834 --> 00:18:45,250
And I am eight years old.
399
00:18:45,333 --> 00:18:47,291
-I'm four.
-I'm 10 years old.
400
00:18:47,375 --> 00:18:50,959
My age range is six to eight.
401
00:18:51,041 --> 00:18:52,625
And reading the role of Alex.
402
00:18:52,709 --> 00:18:54,625
(sighs)
What do you think you're doing?
403
00:18:54,709 --> 00:18:57,500
What do we look like,
frickin' Charlie Brown?
404
00:18:57,583 --> 00:19:00,417
Juiciest, freshest tomatoes
made in our bottle.
405
00:19:00,500 --> 00:19:03,041
(background chatter)
406
00:19:05,834 --> 00:19:08,792
June and those kids have
been harassing me at lunch
407
00:19:08,875 --> 00:19:09,959
every dang day,
408
00:19:10,041 --> 00:19:11,208
and I hit her.
409
00:19:12,250 --> 00:19:14,917
That may be, but instigators
will not be tolerated.
410
00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:16,625
I'm suspending her for a week.
411
00:19:16,709 --> 00:19:18,583
You can't do that.
I'll miss band.
412
00:19:19,250 --> 00:19:21,500
Mara:
My mom and my brothers,
they set up this kind of,
413
00:19:21,583 --> 00:19:23,166
like, mock audition for me,
414
00:19:23,250 --> 00:19:24,417
where they made me
say certain lines,
415
00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:26,542
and then told me at the end,
"Okay, you were very good,
416
00:19:26,625 --> 00:19:27,875
but you didn't get the part."
417
00:19:27,959 --> 00:19:31,041
And I said, "Well, that's okay.
I can just go on another one."
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00:19:31,125 --> 00:19:33,000
♪ ♪
419
00:19:33,083 --> 00:19:36,291
I was born and raised
in Burbank, California.
420
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Growing up in Burbank,
California, meant that
421
00:19:39,208 --> 00:19:41,875
you were going to see other
kids going to auditions
422
00:19:41,959 --> 00:19:43,667
the same way you did.
It was--
423
00:19:43,750 --> 00:19:46,834
It was just kind of like the way
that other kids did youth soccer
424
00:19:46,917 --> 00:19:49,375
or-- or, you know, Girl Scouts
or things like that.
425
00:19:49,458 --> 00:19:51,625
I was a Girl Scout
and I went on auditions.
426
00:19:51,709 --> 00:19:53,083
That was what it was.
427
00:19:54,291 --> 00:19:56,500
It felt kind of normal,
and I don't think my parents
428
00:19:56,583 --> 00:19:57,792
would've let me do it
429
00:19:57,875 --> 00:19:59,542
if they had ever though that
430
00:19:59,625 --> 00:20:01,709
I would be cast in movies.
431
00:20:01,792 --> 00:20:04,583
I think they would've
wanted to keep it,
you know, very small,
432
00:20:04,667 --> 00:20:07,709
sort of just, like,
putting away money
for college kind of.
433
00:20:07,792 --> 00:20:10,041
Have some fun with it,
but nothing really that big.
434
00:20:10,125 --> 00:20:11,959
(hip-hop music playing)
435
00:20:12,792 --> 00:20:14,875
(crowd cheering)
436
00:20:14,959 --> 00:20:17,458
Cameron:
So, I was a dancer originally.
437
00:20:17,750 --> 00:20:21,208
At, you know, six years old,
I was taking dance classes.
438
00:20:21,291 --> 00:20:23,041
♪ That's life ♪
439
00:20:23,125 --> 00:20:25,083
Cameron:
We had, like, a little recital
at the end of the year,
440
00:20:25,166 --> 00:20:28,709
and that recital was
sort of the thing
441
00:20:28,792 --> 00:20:30,583
that lead my parents to go,
442
00:20:30,667 --> 00:20:32,208
"Oh, he might be able
to do that.
443
00:20:32,291 --> 00:20:33,709
He seems like
he's having fun."
444
00:20:33,792 --> 00:20:35,834
I was the only kid who
seemed interested at all.
445
00:20:35,917 --> 00:20:38,333
Everyone else was picking
their nose and, you know,
digging in their butts.
446
00:20:38,417 --> 00:20:40,583
-(shutter snapping)
-There were plenty of times
447
00:20:40,667 --> 00:20:42,750
where, you know,
you'd go on
1,000 auditions,
448
00:20:42,834 --> 00:20:44,333
and you book none of them.
449
00:20:44,417 --> 00:20:47,917
And my dad is going,
"Why am I pulling you
out of school two hours early
450
00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,041
just so you can go
and fail at this audition?"
451
00:20:50,125 --> 00:20:51,583
-(plays trumpet)
-Woman: I'm gonna
have to take you.
452
00:20:51,667 --> 00:20:54,083
Cameron:
Once I started booking things,
it made a little more sense.
453
00:20:54,166 --> 00:20:56,750
Just sort of became
a part of my life.
454
00:20:56,834 --> 00:20:59,000
A big, big, big part of
my life for a long time.
455
00:20:59,834 --> 00:21:02,250
I was not following
you, and no.
456
00:21:02,333 --> 00:21:04,458
Dad would not let
you keep a falcon.
457
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:08,375
I always say genius
skips a generation
458
00:21:08,458 --> 00:21:10,250
'cause my daughter's
this incredible actress,
459
00:21:10,333 --> 00:21:11,959
and my mother's this
incredible actress,
460
00:21:12,041 --> 00:21:15,208
and I have to work
so hard to, like, find it.
461
00:21:15,291 --> 00:21:16,917
♪ ♪
462
00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,542
I grew up
in California mostly.
463
00:21:19,625 --> 00:21:21,458
I was born in Russia.
464
00:21:21,542 --> 00:21:23,417
My father was a doctor,
465
00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:26,125
and my mother
was a movie star
466
00:21:26,208 --> 00:21:28,250
in the former Soviet Union.
467
00:21:28,750 --> 00:21:31,458
My parents
ended up finding a job
468
00:21:31,542 --> 00:21:33,750
being a cook
and a housekeeper
469
00:21:33,834 --> 00:21:36,875
at this big mansion
up off Mulholland.
470
00:21:37,083 --> 00:21:38,917
All these movie stars
471
00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,041
and big directors were
staying there all the time.
472
00:21:42,834 --> 00:21:44,750
My mom was pretty much expecting
473
00:21:44,834 --> 00:21:47,125
that she would walk
into the room with food,
474
00:21:47,208 --> 00:21:49,583
and they'd be like,
"Put the tray down!
475
00:21:49,667 --> 00:21:51,792
You should be sitting with us!"
476
00:21:51,875 --> 00:21:54,250
You know,
and that didn't happen.
477
00:21:55,417 --> 00:21:58,458
My mom pretty early on
478
00:21:58,542 --> 00:22:00,792
realized that,
in a sense, like,
479
00:22:00,875 --> 00:22:02,875
I was her ticket out.
480
00:22:04,583 --> 00:22:05,959
You know, being an actress,
481
00:22:06,041 --> 00:22:09,125
she kind of tried to teach me
what she knew.
482
00:22:09,208 --> 00:22:12,208
♪ ♪
483
00:22:12,291 --> 00:22:15,333
I started going
to dance class
484
00:22:15,417 --> 00:22:17,333
and taking guitar lessons
and piano lessons
485
00:22:17,417 --> 00:22:18,792
and acting classes
486
00:22:18,875 --> 00:22:20,625
and tried to find me an agent
487
00:22:20,709 --> 00:22:22,625
really quickly,
and, you know,
488
00:22:22,709 --> 00:22:25,250
started slowly
going on auditions.
489
00:22:26,208 --> 00:22:27,333
But, you know,
490
00:22:27,417 --> 00:22:30,166
I just wasn't a good actress.
491
00:22:30,250 --> 00:22:33,375
You know, a lot of people
just talk about how
492
00:22:33,458 --> 00:22:35,542
you know, just intimidating
the business could be for them
493
00:22:35,625 --> 00:22:36,834
at a young age,
494
00:22:36,917 --> 00:22:38,834
and I just feel like
I'm very grateful
495
00:22:38,917 --> 00:22:41,792
that I had the adversity
that I had
496
00:22:41,875 --> 00:22:43,208
before I got to Hollywood
497
00:22:43,291 --> 00:22:45,208
because I was prepared
498
00:22:45,291 --> 00:22:46,875
for all the slick stuff
499
00:22:46,959 --> 00:22:49,375
people were trying
to pull, you know.
500
00:22:49,458 --> 00:22:52,375
I've had so many
people at a young age
501
00:22:52,458 --> 00:22:54,917
try to play me as
if I were gullible.
502
00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,667
I was just like,
I'm not the one.
503
00:22:57,500 --> 00:22:59,250
I'd survived the streets
of Baltimore,
504
00:22:59,333 --> 00:23:00,709
so as far as I was concerned,
505
00:23:00,792 --> 00:23:02,208
this was kind of a Disneyland.
506
00:23:02,291 --> 00:23:05,333
(big band music playing)
507
00:23:06,834 --> 00:23:07,792
♪ Tell me that you love me...♪
508
00:23:07,875 --> 00:23:10,500
Diana:
There was a belief
in Hollywood
509
00:23:10,583 --> 00:23:12,500
that children were rubber.
510
00:23:12,583 --> 00:23:13,875
They were flexible.
511
00:23:13,959 --> 00:23:16,458
♪ To hear,
a little something... ♪
512
00:23:16,667 --> 00:23:19,500
We were flexible,
but not-- not willingly.
513
00:23:19,583 --> 00:23:22,333
♪ Always will be
true 'cause you know ♪
514
00:23:22,417 --> 00:23:24,959
♪ That I do, dear ♪
515
00:23:25,792 --> 00:23:28,834
Diana:
was hard work.
I found that I was adaptable.
516
00:23:29,333 --> 00:23:31,542
I had the talent.
517
00:23:31,625 --> 00:23:32,667
That was my genius.
518
00:23:32,750 --> 00:23:35,417
People said,
"She's a genius."
You know, well.
519
00:23:35,500 --> 00:23:38,542
The only genius was
I stayed on my feet.
520
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,083
And my family kept
eating, you know?
521
00:23:43,166 --> 00:23:45,083
♪ ♪
522
00:23:45,166 --> 00:23:47,750
♪ Don't care what
other people say ♪
523
00:23:47,834 --> 00:23:50,375
♪ It's you I think
of every day ♪
524
00:23:50,458 --> 00:23:52,208
♪ Makes me smile
when you're away ♪
525
00:23:52,291 --> 00:23:54,917
♪ From home... ♪
526
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,417
Shirley Temple:
You start at age three.
527
00:23:56,500 --> 00:23:58,875
Seems very normal.
I thought everybody worked.
528
00:23:58,959 --> 00:24:00,875
I didn't realize
in the Depression
529
00:24:00,959 --> 00:24:02,625
that a lot
of people weren't,
530
00:24:02,709 --> 00:24:05,333
but I just felt it was
a normal kind of thing.
531
00:24:09,166 --> 00:24:11,166
-(humming)
-(laughing)
532
00:24:11,250 --> 00:24:13,458
Man:
What's going on around here?
533
00:24:13,542 --> 00:24:15,125
-Oh...
-Dean Martin:
Kid, come here.
534
00:24:15,208 --> 00:24:17,166
Come on, I'll give you
a free ride. You do it again.
535
00:24:17,250 --> 00:24:19,083
Show this boy. Go ahead.
536
00:24:19,166 --> 00:24:20,792
Christopher Walken:
My mother was, uh,
537
00:24:20,875 --> 00:24:22,458
-was smitten
with show business.
-(bell rings)
538
00:24:22,542 --> 00:24:25,792
-Terrific, kid,
that's terrific...
-(laughter)
539
00:24:25,875 --> 00:24:28,667
In the '50s, after the war,
television got started.
540
00:24:28,750 --> 00:24:32,333
They'd just bring kids in
and stick them around
like, you know, plants.
541
00:24:32,875 --> 00:24:36,250
Narrator:
And now, back to
"Kids Are People Too"!
542
00:24:37,333 --> 00:24:39,667
Host:
It must be kinda weird for you
to watch TV in the afternoon
543
00:24:39,750 --> 00:24:41,458
where they're-- they're
showing "Happy Days,"
544
00:24:41,542 --> 00:24:43,959
and they're also still showing
"The Andy Griffith Show."
545
00:24:44,041 --> 00:24:46,625
-In some spots, back to back.
-(laughs) Really?
546
00:24:46,709 --> 00:24:49,500
-Who are you?
-Opie. Opie Taylor.
547
00:24:49,583 --> 00:24:51,500
Host:
Does it bring back
those memories
548
00:24:51,583 --> 00:24:52,667
-of being that young?
-Ron: Oh yeah.
549
00:24:52,750 --> 00:24:54,333
Tremendous memories because
550
00:24:54,417 --> 00:24:56,625
you know, the real fun
of a situation like that
551
00:24:56,709 --> 00:24:58,166
are the relationships
that you develop
552
00:24:58,250 --> 00:24:59,792
-with the people.
-Host: Yeah.
553
00:24:59,875 --> 00:25:02,417
Ron:
And the things that were
going on in between.
554
00:25:03,583 --> 00:25:06,792
The first thing Drew Barrymore
ever says to me is,
555
00:25:07,417 --> 00:25:08,834
"How many movies
have you been in?"
556
00:25:08,917 --> 00:25:11,041
He's really real.
557
00:25:11,125 --> 00:25:14,208
Henry:
And I say, "Uh, just one."
558
00:25:14,750 --> 00:25:17,208
She goes,
"Oh, you poor thing.
559
00:25:17,291 --> 00:25:19,667
I've been in four."
560
00:25:19,750 --> 00:25:21,875
-Interviewer: How old was she?
-Six.
561
00:25:21,959 --> 00:25:23,750
(laughter)
562
00:25:25,125 --> 00:25:26,375
Man:
Now, young man, I understand
563
00:25:26,458 --> 00:25:28,500
that you have an alien
somewhere in this house.
564
00:25:28,583 --> 00:25:29,959
Is that true?
565
00:25:31,917 --> 00:25:33,583
I really, I have all
the authority to take him,
566
00:25:33,667 --> 00:25:36,458
and, I gotta tell ya,
I'm gonna take him.
567
00:25:37,750 --> 00:25:40,291
-You can't take him.
-Man: Well...
568
00:25:41,959 --> 00:25:44,041
I'm afraid I have to, son.
569
00:25:44,125 --> 00:25:46,667
You can't take him away!
He's mine!
570
00:25:46,750 --> 00:25:48,250
Man:
But it's not my choice.
571
00:25:48,333 --> 00:25:50,375
The President asked me
to come here and get him.
572
00:25:50,458 --> 00:25:52,250
I don't care
what the President says!
573
00:25:52,333 --> 00:25:54,000
He's my best friend,
574
00:25:54,083 --> 00:25:56,125
and you can't take him away!
575
00:25:57,917 --> 00:26:00,542
-Steven Spielberg:
Okay, kid, you got the job.
-(laughter)
576
00:26:00,625 --> 00:26:02,375
("E.T." theme playing)
577
00:26:02,458 --> 00:26:04,500
Henry:
"E.T." came along...
578
00:26:04,583 --> 00:26:06,500
E.T.:
E.T....
579
00:26:07,083 --> 00:26:09,750
home... phone.
580
00:26:10,583 --> 00:26:13,041
Henry:
It was intimidating on set...
581
00:26:13,125 --> 00:26:15,041
♪ ♪
582
00:26:15,125 --> 00:26:17,000
because there were
all these kids there.
583
00:26:18,041 --> 00:26:20,875
Suddenly, you're not,
like, the kid coming in,
hitting your mark,
584
00:26:20,959 --> 00:26:22,041
and saying your line.
585
00:26:22,125 --> 00:26:24,291
You're watching
other kids do it,
586
00:26:24,375 --> 00:26:27,000
and you're watching how they
work, and you say, "Oh...
587
00:26:28,500 --> 00:26:30,875
Oh, why didn't
I do it like that?"
588
00:26:30,959 --> 00:26:32,709
Or "Was that how I'm
supposed to do it?"
589
00:26:33,041 --> 00:26:34,917
He gets a little tear
in his eye.
Just pretend there's a tear.
590
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,417
Then you'll wipe the tear
away from E.T.'s face,
591
00:26:37,500 --> 00:26:39,917
and we'll play it
that way. Okay?
592
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,041
Real softly, gently.
No rush.
593
00:26:43,458 --> 00:26:47,125
Henry:
I felt like I had just
robbed a bank or something,
594
00:26:49,166 --> 00:26:51,542
and I was gonna get caught.
595
00:26:51,625 --> 00:26:54,083
When I was, I think 10,
596
00:26:54,166 --> 00:26:56,333
I was cast in a film
called "The Buddy System"
597
00:26:56,417 --> 00:26:58,041
that was a pretty
big studio picture.
598
00:26:59,041 --> 00:27:00,625
Narrator:
Emily was a struggling mother,
599
00:27:00,709 --> 00:27:03,417
raising a kid who
already knew too much.
600
00:27:03,875 --> 00:27:06,291
Wil:
Roger Ebert hated it,
and hated me.
601
00:27:06,375 --> 00:27:08,625
Um, which I took
super personally
602
00:27:08,709 --> 00:27:10,041
'cause I didn't know how not to.
603
00:27:10,125 --> 00:27:12,125
Gene Siskel:
As soon as you hear
the little kid's first few
604
00:27:12,208 --> 00:27:14,291
obscenity-filled wisecracks
when he walks in, you think,
605
00:27:14,375 --> 00:27:16,291
"Let me out of this theater."
606
00:27:16,375 --> 00:27:18,458
Gene, I think I liked it
even less than you did.
607
00:27:18,542 --> 00:27:19,917
-No, you didn't.
-(laughs)
608
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,125
Wil:
A thing that I think
people forget,
609
00:27:22,208 --> 00:27:25,000
at least in my
experience people forget,
610
00:27:25,083 --> 00:27:26,959
you're not just
talking about an actor.
611
00:27:27,041 --> 00:27:28,583
You're talking about a child.
612
00:27:28,667 --> 00:27:32,625
You're talking about a kid
who is giving up their childhood
613
00:27:32,709 --> 00:27:34,834
to be in this thing
that you're reviewing.
614
00:27:34,917 --> 00:27:36,291
No individual
could be this stupid.
615
00:27:36,375 --> 00:27:37,375
This is a very bad film.
616
00:27:37,458 --> 00:27:39,834
Think that just about
covers "The Buddy System."
617
00:27:39,917 --> 00:27:41,792
-Our next movie is...
-Wil: But,
618
00:27:41,875 --> 00:27:43,667
the next thing after
that was "Stand By Me,"
619
00:27:43,750 --> 00:27:45,333
and that kinda
changed everything.
620
00:27:45,417 --> 00:27:48,625
("Stand By Me"
by Ben E. King playing)
621
00:27:48,709 --> 00:27:52,375
♪ When the night
has come... ♪
622
00:27:52,458 --> 00:27:55,125
Wil:
When I was cast,
623
00:27:55,208 --> 00:27:58,542
and all of us met for
the very first time,
624
00:27:58,917 --> 00:28:02,375
Rob brought us up
to Oregon two weeks
before production
625
00:28:02,458 --> 00:28:04,000
and put us in a little
drama school.
626
00:28:04,083 --> 00:28:06,500
(indistinct chatter)
627
00:28:06,583 --> 00:28:10,333
And took the four of us
through some technique.
628
00:28:10,417 --> 00:28:12,959
What we were learning to do
was get out of our own way,
629
00:28:13,041 --> 00:28:16,458
stop thinking about things,
and just be kids.
630
00:28:16,542 --> 00:28:18,667
-Sleeper hold! Sleeper hold!
-Stop it! I'm serious!
631
00:28:18,750 --> 00:28:21,875
No one gets out of
a sleeper hold! (laughs)
632
00:28:21,959 --> 00:28:23,500
Wil:
And one of the reasons
633
00:28:23,583 --> 00:28:25,375
"Stand By Me" is such
a successful film
634
00:28:25,458 --> 00:28:27,875
and one of the reasons
it connects with people
635
00:28:27,959 --> 00:28:29,834
so honestly
636
00:28:29,917 --> 00:28:32,041
is that Rob cast four kids
637
00:28:32,125 --> 00:28:33,709
who very much were
638
00:28:33,792 --> 00:28:35,250
the kids we played.
639
00:28:35,333 --> 00:28:37,750
(birds chirping)
640
00:28:37,834 --> 00:28:40,375
Chris Columbus:
The thing about Mara Wilson
is she was completely new.
641
00:28:40,458 --> 00:28:41,875
She had not done any theater.
642
00:28:41,959 --> 00:28:43,000
She had not done any film work.
643
00:28:43,083 --> 00:28:44,417
She'd done a couple
of commercials.
644
00:28:44,500 --> 00:28:46,041
She was like taking
a real person
645
00:28:46,125 --> 00:28:47,875
and putting her in
front of a camera.
646
00:28:47,959 --> 00:28:49,333
Daddy!
647
00:28:50,750 --> 00:28:54,041
Mara:
I got called for an open call
for "Mrs. Doubtfire."
648
00:28:54,125 --> 00:28:56,041
-Your name is Mara.
-Mm-hmm.
649
00:28:56,125 --> 00:28:59,041
-What a beautiful name.
Do you know what my name is?
-What?
650
00:28:59,125 --> 00:29:01,375
Euphegenia.
651
00:29:01,458 --> 00:29:02,917
-Do you know what that means?
-What?
652
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,917
-I don't. (laughs)
-(giggles)
653
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,542
Everything kind of, you know,
snowballed from there, I guess.
654
00:29:07,625 --> 00:29:10,291
I got cast in that, and then
I got cast on "Melrose Place,"
655
00:29:10,375 --> 00:29:12,875
and then I got cast in
"Miracle On 34th Street."
656
00:29:12,959 --> 00:29:14,625
That's a good one.
657
00:29:14,709 --> 00:29:16,375
Mara:
And eventually "Matilda."
658
00:29:16,458 --> 00:29:18,917
♪ Tell you a story ♪
659
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:20,458
♪ Happened a long time ago ♪
660
00:29:20,542 --> 00:29:22,250
Mara:
It all happened
very, very quickly.
661
00:29:22,333 --> 00:29:25,625
This happened from,
like, five to seven,
this all happened,
662
00:29:25,709 --> 00:29:29,083
and I kinda didn't know
how I felt about it all,
663
00:29:29,166 --> 00:29:30,542
but I was having fun,
664
00:29:30,625 --> 00:29:32,083
so I wanted to keep going.
665
00:29:32,166 --> 00:29:35,417
Don't be phony. Be truthful.
666
00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:39,542
Be real.
Don't be like, "Ah!"
Be real.
667
00:29:39,625 --> 00:29:41,417
Act like this is real life.
668
00:29:41,500 --> 00:29:43,625
Mara:
As funny as it is,
I could act,
669
00:29:43,709 --> 00:29:45,125
but I couldn't lie.
670
00:29:45,208 --> 00:29:47,750
There was this separation of
671
00:29:47,834 --> 00:29:50,291
this is what play is,
this is what lying is,
672
00:29:50,375 --> 00:29:53,417
and this is what acting is.
673
00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:56,458
("Jessie" theme song playing)
674
00:29:56,542 --> 00:29:58,875
♪ Hey, Jessie! Hey, Jessie! ♪
675
00:29:59,208 --> 00:30:01,792
Cameron:
I booked "Jessie"
when I was 11.
676
00:30:01,875 --> 00:30:04,000
-Who wants a brownie treat?
-Ooh! I do! Luke does!
677
00:30:04,083 --> 00:30:05,166
(laughter)
678
00:30:05,250 --> 00:30:06,959
Cameron: Four years,
679
00:30:07,041 --> 00:30:09,125
we did a hundred-and-something
episodes of the show.
680
00:30:09,208 --> 00:30:10,792
You guys are gonna see
681
00:30:10,875 --> 00:30:12,500
your favorite cast
members from "Jessie"!
682
00:30:12,583 --> 00:30:15,583
(cheering, applause)
683
00:30:15,667 --> 00:30:18,041
(fans screaming)
684
00:30:18,750 --> 00:30:20,750
Cameron:
Being on set when I was a kid
685
00:30:20,834 --> 00:30:22,625
because that's sort of
naturally who I am,
686
00:30:22,709 --> 00:30:24,291
I wasn't one of
those kids who was, like,
687
00:30:24,375 --> 00:30:26,041
you know,
causing trouble for anybody.
688
00:30:26,125 --> 00:30:28,333
I wanted to do it right,
and I wanted to do it well,
689
00:30:28,417 --> 00:30:29,959
and I wanted people
to be impressed with me.
690
00:30:30,041 --> 00:30:32,667
-Director: Action!
-Hey, give it back!
691
00:30:32,750 --> 00:30:35,291
-(grunting)
-Director: And hit!
692
00:30:35,375 --> 00:30:38,166
-Or keep her.
-Cameron: No one
was scared of me.
693
00:30:38,250 --> 00:30:39,834
That's the key, right?
694
00:30:39,917 --> 00:30:42,709
If a child actor
comes on the set
and they're 13 years old,
695
00:30:42,792 --> 00:30:44,166
and the crew's
scared of them?
696
00:30:44,250 --> 00:30:46,166
And they're like, "Oh,
that's the star of the..."
697
00:30:46,250 --> 00:30:47,667
No, fuck that shit.
698
00:30:47,750 --> 00:30:49,709
These people were like,
"Listen.
699
00:30:49,792 --> 00:30:51,834
"Don't do that. Do do that.
700
00:30:51,917 --> 00:30:55,667
"Respect these people and
ask questions and be nice,
701
00:30:55,750 --> 00:30:57,333
and that's what you do."
702
00:30:57,417 --> 00:30:59,375
And because of that, I think
703
00:30:59,458 --> 00:31:01,333
I was so much better off.
704
00:31:01,417 --> 00:31:02,834
So, I was just
sort of lucky to be
705
00:31:02,917 --> 00:31:05,000
in that little bubble of,
like, you know,
706
00:31:05,083 --> 00:31:07,583
"Everything's good,
everything's fine."
707
00:31:07,667 --> 00:31:10,750
But, yeah, a lot of other
people didn't have that luxury.
708
00:31:12,625 --> 00:31:15,375
-Did you learn your lines?
-Oh yeah.
709
00:31:15,458 --> 00:31:17,542
Did you know
what action
710
00:31:17,625 --> 00:31:20,041
or how emotionally
you're supposed to feel
when you give those lines?
711
00:31:20,125 --> 00:31:21,667
Well...
712
00:31:21,750 --> 00:31:24,458
-Well, no. Good.
-She's gonna work with you
on that, so.
713
00:31:28,959 --> 00:31:31,000
-Hi, how are you?
-Hi. Good.
714
00:31:31,083 --> 00:31:33,375
Hi, sweetheart. Come on in.
715
00:31:33,458 --> 00:31:35,500
-Hi. I'm Marnie.
-Hi.
716
00:31:35,583 --> 00:31:38,875
-Nice to meet you. Come on in.
-Nice to meet you. Thank you.
717
00:31:38,959 --> 00:31:40,917
-So, if you wouldn't mind
coming back in an hour.
-Okay!
718
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,000
-That would be great. Thank you.
-Sure. Thank you.
719
00:31:43,667 --> 00:31:47,083
"Anything everywhere.
I just, I don't know.
720
00:31:47,166 --> 00:31:49,583
Maybe I don't belong here."
721
00:31:49,667 --> 00:31:51,709
Okay.
Let's stop for a second
722
00:31:51,792 --> 00:31:54,458
because I'm hearing
the words too much.
723
00:31:54,542 --> 00:31:56,250
Do you know what
I mean by that?
724
00:31:56,333 --> 00:31:59,250
-No...
-Like, I can hear
the writer's words,
725
00:31:59,333 --> 00:32:01,083
and I don't wanna be able
to hear the writer's words.
726
00:32:01,166 --> 00:32:03,375
I wanna be able to hear you.
727
00:32:03,458 --> 00:32:05,250
(yawning)
Okay.
728
00:32:05,333 --> 00:32:06,959
Do you like
doing this stuff?
729
00:32:07,041 --> 00:32:08,583
-Mm-hmm.
-Do you?
730
00:32:08,667 --> 00:32:11,000
-Mm-hmm.
-Then why are you
yawning so much?
731
00:32:11,959 --> 00:32:14,875
-(squawks)
-Did you not sleep
very well last night?
732
00:32:14,959 --> 00:32:16,750
-Not really.
-No?
733
00:32:16,834 --> 00:32:19,125
-Is this interesting to you?
-Mm.
734
00:32:19,208 --> 00:32:21,250
Sort of,
or are you...
735
00:32:21,333 --> 00:32:23,750
-Mm...
-Okay. Well, that's honest.
736
00:32:23,834 --> 00:32:25,792
I like your honesty.
737
00:32:25,875 --> 00:32:28,208
We're gonna
explore this, okay?
738
00:32:28,291 --> 00:32:30,959
But if you don't fall
in love with acting,
739
00:32:31,041 --> 00:32:33,458
then you need to
740
00:32:33,542 --> 00:32:36,625
talk to Mom and say,
"This is not my cup of tea.
741
00:32:36,709 --> 00:32:39,208
This is not something
I love doing."
742
00:32:39,709 --> 00:32:42,291
Melanie:
You know, I've offered
plenty of times,
743
00:32:42,375 --> 00:32:45,250
"Do you wanna stop?
We'll be done. Let's--"
744
00:32:45,333 --> 00:32:48,834
"No, no, no!" And then,
it's like, I mean, he...
745
00:32:49,417 --> 00:32:52,500
is passionate
about what he does.
746
00:32:52,583 --> 00:32:54,458
I've given him the choice.
747
00:32:54,542 --> 00:32:56,458
I always am clear with him,
748
00:32:56,542 --> 00:32:59,083
if anything,
he didn't like anything,
749
00:32:59,166 --> 00:33:01,667
or there was something
he would be upset about,
750
00:33:01,750 --> 00:33:04,959
he always has
the choice to stop.
751
00:33:05,041 --> 00:33:06,792
Marnie:
You're a kid.
752
00:33:06,875 --> 00:33:09,583
You don't have
to work, right?
753
00:33:09,667 --> 00:33:11,250
Do you have to
pay your mortgage?
754
00:33:11,333 --> 00:33:13,000
Do you have to pay your rent?
755
00:33:13,083 --> 00:33:14,709
No. That's a good thing.
756
00:33:14,792 --> 00:33:16,166
You get to be a kid.
757
00:33:16,250 --> 00:33:18,458
-I have to pay my taxes...
-That's right!
758
00:33:18,542 --> 00:33:20,667
-And understand taxes...
-That's right! All this stuff
759
00:33:20,750 --> 00:33:24,166
you have to do when you're older
that you don't have to do now.
760
00:33:24,250 --> 00:33:26,166
How cool is that?
761
00:33:26,250 --> 00:33:29,625
-Yeah!
-If you want to do this,
762
00:33:29,709 --> 00:33:32,750
then we have to put in
a lot of the work.
763
00:33:33,583 --> 00:33:36,000
Drama-- drama may be not...
764
00:33:36,083 --> 00:33:38,125
it may be not my thing.
Comedy is my thing,
765
00:33:38,208 --> 00:33:40,333
but I'll still have to try.
766
00:33:40,417 --> 00:33:42,500
Try and try. You'll make it.
767
00:33:42,583 --> 00:33:44,083
Melanie:
Try and try.
768
00:33:45,208 --> 00:33:47,125
-Okay.
-Mm.
769
00:33:47,208 --> 00:33:50,041
As long as you're happy,
I'm happy. Whatever...
770
00:33:54,291 --> 00:33:56,208
You good? Okay.
771
00:33:56,291 --> 00:33:58,709
♪ ♪
772
00:33:58,792 --> 00:34:01,166
Mara: Sometimes, I'll feel
like there were kind of gaps
in my childhood.
773
00:34:01,250 --> 00:34:03,667
Like, I never really
learned how to ride a bike.
774
00:34:03,750 --> 00:34:05,709
Or I remember going
back to school and being like,
775
00:34:05,792 --> 00:34:07,583
"What is this kickball game
that everybody's playing?
776
00:34:07,667 --> 00:34:09,041
I don't understand it."
777
00:34:09,125 --> 00:34:11,250
I didn't really
do well in school
778
00:34:11,333 --> 00:34:15,208
because I wasn't used to
setting my own schedule
779
00:34:15,291 --> 00:34:17,500
because you don't have
to develop a work ethic
780
00:34:17,583 --> 00:34:20,417
when everybody around you
is telling you what to do
781
00:34:20,500 --> 00:34:21,750
at what time all the time.
782
00:34:21,834 --> 00:34:24,208
When you have
people escorting you
to hair and makeup
783
00:34:24,291 --> 00:34:26,166
and to, you know,
to the set back and forth,
784
00:34:26,250 --> 00:34:27,709
telling you they're
ready for you...
785
00:34:27,792 --> 00:34:29,375
Right this way, please.
786
00:34:29,458 --> 00:34:32,834
-Mara: Yeah,
you see here we go this way.
-Man: To the set.
787
00:34:32,917 --> 00:34:35,208
It's gonna be hard for you
to set your own schedule
788
00:34:35,291 --> 00:34:37,709
to do your homework
and to be doing these things.
789
00:34:38,166 --> 00:34:40,250
Kinda miss only having
a four-hour work day.
790
00:34:40,333 --> 00:34:42,917
You go to school for
four hours a day,
791
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,458
and then you work
for the other four.
792
00:34:45,542 --> 00:34:47,583
So, we kinda miss that.
(laughs)
793
00:34:47,667 --> 00:34:50,625
Interviewer:
How do the kids in
school treat you, Henry?
794
00:34:50,709 --> 00:34:52,709
They-- most of them
treat me alright.
795
00:34:52,792 --> 00:34:54,834
They treat me normal, um.
796
00:34:55,500 --> 00:34:57,250
But some, you know, they--
797
00:34:57,333 --> 00:35:00,250
they tease me about "E.T.,"
798
00:35:00,333 --> 00:35:03,375
-and, you know,
some other movies.
-Interviewer: Mm-hmm.
799
00:35:03,458 --> 00:35:05,542
Henry:
The school thing
was the biggest...
800
00:35:05,625 --> 00:35:08,750
the biggest mix-up for me,
801
00:35:08,834 --> 00:35:11,083
and that was
the hardest thing about
802
00:35:11,166 --> 00:35:12,542
working as a kid.
803
00:35:13,750 --> 00:35:16,250
I mean, they called me
Hollywood or E.T., you know,
804
00:35:16,333 --> 00:35:19,792
but I had been designated
as being that guy,
805
00:35:19,875 --> 00:35:22,083
so I was always
gonna be that guy.
806
00:35:22,166 --> 00:35:24,125
I just didn't realize it
at 13.
807
00:35:24,208 --> 00:35:26,625
I thought I could not
be that guy anymore, and--
808
00:35:26,709 --> 00:35:30,291
but just have friends
and go to school
809
00:35:30,375 --> 00:35:32,166
and do normal things.
810
00:35:32,250 --> 00:35:34,917
(playing piano)
811
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,417
Cameron:
I had to finish my
sixth grade year on set.
812
00:35:38,667 --> 00:35:40,125
And seventh grade
was the first year
813
00:35:40,208 --> 00:35:42,041
that I went into
homeschooling.
814
00:35:43,166 --> 00:35:46,125
And so that was sort of
the beginning of
815
00:35:46,208 --> 00:35:48,333
instead of 35 kids
in my class,
816
00:35:48,417 --> 00:35:49,959
I have three.
817
00:35:50,041 --> 00:35:52,417
And they're all different
ages than me. (laughs)
818
00:35:52,500 --> 00:35:54,875
Like, it's just not, like...
819
00:35:55,750 --> 00:35:58,083
it's just not
a normal experience.
820
00:36:04,083 --> 00:36:07,166
Tricia:
When Demi first started,
I made it a point
821
00:36:07,250 --> 00:36:09,125
that she had
to go to school
822
00:36:09,208 --> 00:36:11,041
and, like,
get a proper education.
823
00:36:11,959 --> 00:36:14,834
Demi:
As of right now,
this is something I wanna do
824
00:36:14,917 --> 00:36:17,750
for, like, ever, um.
825
00:36:18,083 --> 00:36:21,166
Yes, I'm gonna go
to college, but, um...
826
00:36:21,250 --> 00:36:23,875
Yeah, she can
take a little break.
Four-year break.
827
00:36:23,959 --> 00:36:25,667
-(laughs)
-Yeah, but, uh, yeah.
828
00:36:25,750 --> 00:36:29,083
I really think that
this is something
that's gonna last, so...
829
00:36:30,208 --> 00:36:32,333
Interviewer:
What are you gonna
do this summer
830
00:36:32,417 --> 00:36:34,625
-if you're free?
-Summer camp.
831
00:36:34,709 --> 00:36:37,333
I wanna go to sleepaway camp
because I've never been.
832
00:36:37,417 --> 00:36:40,166
I was gonna go the year
I booked "School of Rock,"
833
00:36:40,250 --> 00:36:41,709
but then that didn't happen
834
00:36:41,792 --> 00:36:43,375
because I was in
"School of Rock."
835
00:36:43,458 --> 00:36:45,375
I really, really wanna
go to sleepaway camp.
836
00:36:45,458 --> 00:36:47,709
-This might be her first
free summer in a while. Yeah.
-Yeah.
837
00:36:47,792 --> 00:36:49,041
If I don't book anything,
838
00:36:49,125 --> 00:36:50,542
this might be, like,
my first summer
839
00:36:50,625 --> 00:36:52,667
where I'm not
doing anything.
840
00:36:53,792 --> 00:36:55,542
You know, it was tough.
Like, some of the-- I--
841
00:36:55,625 --> 00:36:58,792
I was in an adult acting
class when I was nine.
842
00:36:59,625 --> 00:37:02,542
And so, that started at like
843
00:37:02,625 --> 00:37:04,750
7:00 or something,
844
00:37:04,834 --> 00:37:07,583
and didn't end until
11:00 some days.
845
00:37:08,291 --> 00:37:10,750
And then I needed
a new acting headshot,
846
00:37:10,834 --> 00:37:13,208
and the photographer,
at the end of the shoot,
847
00:37:13,291 --> 00:37:15,875
just had them kind of
put more makeup on me, and...
848
00:37:15,959 --> 00:37:16,917
(camera flash)
849
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,834
like people freaked out
over the pictures
850
00:37:18,917 --> 00:37:21,125
'cause I looked
really grown up.
851
00:37:22,041 --> 00:37:23,542
And I always thought
I looked like a monster
852
00:37:23,625 --> 00:37:24,792
when they were
finished with me
853
00:37:24,875 --> 00:37:26,750
because it was, like,
the late '80s.
854
00:37:26,834 --> 00:37:28,875
You know, it was like
all that crazy makeup,
855
00:37:28,959 --> 00:37:31,041
and photographers loved me.
856
00:37:31,125 --> 00:37:33,583
I was like this
little Lolita.
857
00:37:33,667 --> 00:37:37,583
It was all just so
risqué and so bizarre
working with a kid.
858
00:37:37,667 --> 00:37:39,917
I mean, you'd never
get away with it today.
859
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,083
♪ ♪
860
00:37:42,166 --> 00:37:44,375
Evan:
Photo shoots and stuff
were like really...
861
00:37:44,458 --> 00:37:46,375
Maybe it's more of
a girl thing, I don't know,
862
00:37:46,458 --> 00:37:50,583
but, like, that stuff
was much more traumatizing
863
00:37:50,667 --> 00:37:52,291
than filming for me.
864
00:37:52,667 --> 00:37:55,750
I didn't wanna be in dresses.
I didn't wanna be in heels.
865
00:37:55,834 --> 00:37:57,583
I didn't-- I was a tomboy,
866
00:37:57,667 --> 00:37:59,583
and that stuff was
really forced onto me,
867
00:37:59,667 --> 00:38:01,625
and it's forced
onto a lot of girls,
868
00:38:01,709 --> 00:38:03,291
and we're starting
to reject it now.
869
00:38:03,375 --> 00:38:05,500
You're seeing it more.
But, like,
870
00:38:05,583 --> 00:38:07,792
I also know that so many
people have been pressured
871
00:38:07,875 --> 00:38:09,125
into staying into the closet
872
00:38:09,208 --> 00:38:11,959
and conforming
to certain gender norms
873
00:38:12,041 --> 00:38:16,875
that are really prevalent
in the film industry.
874
00:38:19,542 --> 00:38:21,792
Interviewer 1:
How old were you when you
were picked for this picture
875
00:38:21,875 --> 00:38:23,625
-by Mr. Kubrick?
-Sue Lyon: I was 14.
876
00:38:23,709 --> 00:38:26,959
-Interviewer 1: Did you know
what the story was about?
-Sue: Yes, I did.
877
00:38:27,041 --> 00:38:29,750
My mother had read the book,
and we discussed the story,
878
00:38:29,834 --> 00:38:31,750
and she knew of
their previous work.
879
00:38:31,834 --> 00:38:34,125
She knew that Mr. Harris
and Mr. Kubrick do
880
00:38:34,208 --> 00:38:36,417
very artful pictures,
881
00:38:36,500 --> 00:38:38,166
and that they are not
a quickie film company.
882
00:38:38,250 --> 00:38:40,250
She had quite a bit
of faith in them.
883
00:38:41,375 --> 00:38:42,959
How old are you?
884
00:38:43,041 --> 00:38:44,667
Interviewer 2:
Jodie Foster loves her life.
885
00:38:44,750 --> 00:38:47,041
Even though she has
worked since she was three,
886
00:38:47,125 --> 00:38:48,834
she doesn't feel she
has missed anything.
887
00:38:48,917 --> 00:38:50,333
On the contrary...
888
00:38:50,417 --> 00:38:52,500
I missed all
the bad things, really.
889
00:38:52,583 --> 00:38:56,000
I missed all the pimples
and insecurities, and,
890
00:38:56,083 --> 00:38:58,000
"Oh, what am I gonna do?
He doesn't like me?"
891
00:38:58,083 --> 00:39:02,166
You know, I missed--
I missed all the bad things
about growing up, really.
892
00:39:02,250 --> 00:39:03,834
♪ ♪
893
00:39:03,917 --> 00:39:06,208
Interviewer 3:
Do you see yourself as a...
894
00:39:06,291 --> 00:39:08,458
a 12-year-old girl,
an actress,
895
00:39:08,542 --> 00:39:10,667
a model,
896
00:39:10,750 --> 00:39:12,333
an adult, a kid?
897
00:39:12,417 --> 00:39:15,709
-What do you see--
-I see myself as
a 12-year-old kid.
898
00:39:15,792 --> 00:39:18,000
But that just has
maybe more privileges
899
00:39:18,083 --> 00:39:20,792
and has experienced more
than another 12-year-old kid.
900
00:39:22,917 --> 00:39:24,125
(sighs)
901
00:39:24,208 --> 00:39:25,792
♪ ♪
902
00:39:25,875 --> 00:39:27,750
Leon...
903
00:39:27,834 --> 00:39:30,000
think I'm kind of
falling in love with you.
904
00:39:30,083 --> 00:39:31,291
(gags)
905
00:39:33,125 --> 00:39:35,375
It's the first time
for me, you know?
906
00:39:35,458 --> 00:39:38,041
Todd Thaler:
I just knew that that movie
was nothing
907
00:39:38,125 --> 00:39:40,458
without the casting
of Mathilda being perfect.
908
00:39:41,959 --> 00:39:43,875
I don't think the director,
Luc Besson,
909
00:39:43,959 --> 00:39:45,542
fully understood
that at first,
910
00:39:45,625 --> 00:39:48,041
how big a challenge
it was gonna be
to find parents
911
00:39:48,125 --> 00:39:51,166
that would let
their 11-year-old
daughter play this part.
912
00:39:53,458 --> 00:39:54,959
Man:
Hi, Mathilda.
913
00:39:56,250 --> 00:39:57,834
Hi, piggy.
914
00:39:57,917 --> 00:40:00,750
-Man: How you doin'?
-I've seen better days,
915
00:40:00,834 --> 00:40:03,291
but I've seen worse also.
916
00:40:04,291 --> 00:40:06,083
Speak up,
I can't hear you.
917
00:40:06,166 --> 00:40:08,875
It's a belly button ring!
918
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,792
How else can I say it?
I don't speak
no other languages!
919
00:40:11,875 --> 00:40:14,041
Oh, and you wanna
know what that is?
920
00:40:16,041 --> 00:40:17,792
That is a tongue ring.
921
00:40:17,875 --> 00:40:20,542
Evan:
It's that dichotomy
with art, of,
922
00:40:20,625 --> 00:40:23,208
well, teenagers
do have a sexuality,
923
00:40:23,792 --> 00:40:25,709
and there's a part
of me that believes
924
00:40:25,792 --> 00:40:28,041
we should
explore that in a way
925
00:40:28,125 --> 00:40:30,917
that makes them
feel less crazy
926
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,291
and more in tune
with themselves,
927
00:40:32,375 --> 00:40:34,542
and also sometimes,
if it's done right,
928
00:40:34,625 --> 00:40:37,208
it can be a really
beautiful exploration
929
00:40:37,291 --> 00:40:40,375
of innocence
and coming-of-age.
930
00:40:40,458 --> 00:40:41,792
You need them to be sexual,
931
00:40:41,875 --> 00:40:43,875
but you also need
them to not be sexual.
932
00:40:43,959 --> 00:40:46,542
Um, you need to push
the boundaries
933
00:40:46,625 --> 00:40:49,375
while not pushing
any boundaries.
934
00:40:49,458 --> 00:40:52,959
And you're navigating
this super adult world,
935
00:40:53,041 --> 00:40:55,000
which is just kind of being
dangled in front of your face
936
00:40:55,083 --> 00:40:57,500
while being told to stay a kid.
937
00:40:57,583 --> 00:41:00,792
It's like, that's--
that option is gone already.
938
00:41:00,875 --> 00:41:04,000
Kids talk about sex
all the time, but...
939
00:41:04,083 --> 00:41:06,500
truthfully, I still
think it's kinda gross.
940
00:41:06,583 --> 00:41:10,750
I also, like,
knew about my sexuality
when I was about 12.
941
00:41:10,834 --> 00:41:13,500
Um, I'm bisexual.
942
00:41:13,583 --> 00:41:18,000
Uh, and that was
really interesting
to navigate as well.
943
00:41:18,917 --> 00:41:22,458
When I started doing better
in the industry, yeah,
944
00:41:22,542 --> 00:41:24,625
and I was sort of
prepubescent,
945
00:41:24,709 --> 00:41:27,083
and you're put in
these situations,
946
00:41:27,166 --> 00:41:29,458
a lot of them are
your first experiences,
947
00:41:29,542 --> 00:41:31,542
and they're, like, on camera.
948
00:41:32,959 --> 00:41:36,625
Milla:
You're put into an environment
with a lot of adults.
949
00:41:36,709 --> 00:41:38,792
You end up becoming
very friendly
950
00:41:38,875 --> 00:41:42,000
with a lot of adults,
and, you know,
951
00:41:42,083 --> 00:41:44,375
your mom can't
always be there.
952
00:41:44,458 --> 00:41:47,709
And, of course, especially
in your teenage years
953
00:41:47,792 --> 00:41:50,375
where you're also
pushing your boundaries.
954
00:41:50,458 --> 00:41:52,667
"Am I a girl?
Am I a woman yet?
955
00:41:52,750 --> 00:41:54,959
"I wanna be a woman, but, like,
956
00:41:55,041 --> 00:41:57,625
you know, my mom won't
let me" kind of thing.
957
00:41:57,709 --> 00:41:59,959
I mean, I got myself
into some messes
958
00:42:00,041 --> 00:42:02,375
with-- with guys for sure,
older guys.
959
00:42:02,458 --> 00:42:05,875
I mean, when I think now, like,
what were they doing with me?
960
00:42:05,959 --> 00:42:07,834
I'm like, jeez, what, you know,
961
00:42:07,917 --> 00:42:11,083
schmucks and what creeps,
you know, but at the time,
962
00:42:11,583 --> 00:42:14,000
I just thought, you know,
because I'm so special
963
00:42:14,083 --> 00:42:15,709
and I'm so mature
and this and that.
964
00:42:15,792 --> 00:42:17,375
And I guess I was, you know!
965
00:42:17,458 --> 00:42:20,166
I was like this
magical little
creature at the time.
966
00:42:21,083 --> 00:42:23,375
You know, it just saddens me
967
00:42:23,458 --> 00:42:26,458
that people would wanna
take advantage of that.
968
00:42:27,959 --> 00:42:30,959
♪ ♪
969
00:42:32,625 --> 00:42:34,625
(cars honking)
970
00:42:36,125 --> 00:42:38,166
(street chatter)
971
00:42:39,291 --> 00:42:42,333
(crowd chatter)
972
00:42:50,750 --> 00:42:53,542
-Woman: You're so lucky!
-Boy: Thanks.
973
00:42:53,625 --> 00:42:55,625
Woman:
Thank you for signing!
974
00:42:55,709 --> 00:42:58,208
-Thank you!
-Thank you so much!
975
00:42:58,291 --> 00:42:59,834
Okay, thanks.
976
00:43:04,667 --> 00:43:07,917
Henry:
After "E.T." and two
weeks in the theater,
977
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,792
it was kind of a sensation
for a few months.
978
00:43:10,875 --> 00:43:12,250
Reporter:
"E.T." is a phenomenon,
979
00:43:12,333 --> 00:43:14,750
the biggest thing ever
to hit the cinema.
980
00:43:14,834 --> 00:43:17,166
That seemed like
forever as a kid.
981
00:43:18,041 --> 00:43:19,875
I was in San Antonio, Texas,
982
00:43:19,959 --> 00:43:21,750
and people were like,
"Oh my God!
983
00:43:21,834 --> 00:43:23,709
It's the kid from 'E.T.'!"
984
00:43:23,792 --> 00:43:28,375
And I wasn't set up for that
at 10 or 11.
985
00:43:28,458 --> 00:43:31,500
(crowd screaming)
986
00:43:33,667 --> 00:43:36,375
Mara:
The best way I can describe
it is for a long time,
987
00:43:36,458 --> 00:43:39,166
to me, being
recognized felt like
988
00:43:39,250 --> 00:43:41,250
the way it does when
you're in a restaurant
989
00:43:41,333 --> 00:43:43,291
and they sing to you
on your birthday.
990
00:43:43,375 --> 00:43:45,792
Just that, like,
"Oh God. This is nice,
991
00:43:45,875 --> 00:43:48,250
but I don't feel
comfortable with this,"
992
00:43:48,333 --> 00:43:51,166
and "Oh, in front of everybody
and everybody's gonna know.
993
00:43:51,250 --> 00:43:53,083
It's nice, but, oh, okay."
994
00:43:53,166 --> 00:43:55,500
That's-- that's kind of
how I felt about
being recognized.
995
00:43:55,583 --> 00:43:57,125
Hi, I'm Wil Wheaton, and...
996
00:43:57,208 --> 00:43:59,125
Wil:
My experience switched.
997
00:43:59,208 --> 00:44:02,166
I stopped being
a kid who was an actor,
998
00:44:02,250 --> 00:44:03,792
and I became a child star.
999
00:44:03,875 --> 00:44:06,834
And that fundamentally
changed my life.
1000
00:44:06,917 --> 00:44:09,291
♪ ♪
1001
00:44:09,375 --> 00:44:11,166
I was all of a sudden
getting letters
1002
00:44:11,250 --> 00:44:13,250
from people from
all over the country.
1003
00:44:13,333 --> 00:44:16,458
Those of you who write hate
letters, please spell correctly.
1004
00:44:16,542 --> 00:44:20,500
I was recognized when
I went places for my work.
1005
00:44:20,583 --> 00:44:22,166
All of a sudden,
these expectations for me.
1006
00:44:22,250 --> 00:44:23,709
People wanted me
to talk about stuff
1007
00:44:23,792 --> 00:44:25,208
that I knew nothing about.
1008
00:44:25,291 --> 00:44:26,792
(crowd cheering)
1009
00:44:26,875 --> 00:44:28,500
Man:
Wil Wheaton!
You're our guy. Come on.
1010
00:44:28,583 --> 00:44:31,500
Wil:
I turned into, like,
a teen magazine
1011
00:44:31,583 --> 00:44:33,250
teeny bopper idol kid.
1012
00:44:34,875 --> 00:44:36,333
I hated all of that stuff.
1013
00:44:36,417 --> 00:44:38,333
I didn't like it at all.
1014
00:44:38,417 --> 00:44:41,291
It was way outside
of my comfort zone.
1015
00:44:41,375 --> 00:44:43,333
It was not what
I wanted to do.
1016
00:44:43,417 --> 00:44:45,333
Am I famous?
I don't think--
Am I famous?
1017
00:44:45,417 --> 00:44:46,959
It created this reality
for me
1018
00:44:47,041 --> 00:44:49,208
where I kind of had
to play the role
1019
00:44:49,291 --> 00:44:51,333
of the young celebrity.
1020
00:44:51,417 --> 00:44:52,667
The adults in my life
1021
00:44:52,750 --> 00:44:54,625
who should've been
protecting me from
that were like,
1022
00:44:54,709 --> 00:44:56,000
"This is the dream!"
1023
00:44:56,083 --> 00:44:58,166
And, like, kept pushing
me in front of them
1024
00:44:58,250 --> 00:45:00,166
and pushing me
into these places where--
1025
00:45:00,250 --> 00:45:03,166
where I didn't feel safe,
and I felt really afraid.
1026
00:45:03,250 --> 00:45:06,542
(street chatter)
1027
00:45:06,625 --> 00:45:09,208
Cameron:
You shouldn't have to
deal with, you know,
1028
00:45:09,291 --> 00:45:11,542
all the responsibilities
and all of the eyeballs
1029
00:45:11,625 --> 00:45:14,667
when you're that young.
1030
00:45:14,750 --> 00:45:18,041
Everybody has an idea of
what they want you to be,
1031
00:45:18,125 --> 00:45:21,083
and, at that age,
you don't even know what
the hell you wanna be.
1032
00:45:21,166 --> 00:45:23,792
(acoustic guitar playing)
1033
00:45:28,417 --> 00:45:30,166
It's fucked up
to think about, you know,
1034
00:45:30,250 --> 00:45:32,542
your entire adolescent life
1035
00:45:32,625 --> 00:45:35,166
is documented for
the entire world to see.
1036
00:45:35,625 --> 00:45:36,917
That's crazy to think about.
1037
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:38,709
That's when you go through
your awkward phase.
1038
00:45:38,792 --> 00:45:40,333
That's when you go through,
"What am I?
1039
00:45:40,417 --> 00:45:41,875
I don't know what
I want in this world,"
1040
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,041
and everyone's watching you.
1041
00:45:44,125 --> 00:45:45,333
Everyone has something to say.
1042
00:45:45,417 --> 00:45:47,583
Everyone has an opinion about
what you should be doing,
1043
00:45:47,667 --> 00:45:49,041
what you shouldn't be doing.
1044
00:45:49,125 --> 00:45:50,417
People would just
not tell the truth.
1045
00:45:50,500 --> 00:45:52,083
Just say whatever
they wanna say,
1046
00:45:52,166 --> 00:45:54,417
and they're believed by,
you know, whoever
their followers are.
1047
00:45:54,500 --> 00:45:56,625
Wil:
When you get a like
on social media,
1048
00:45:56,709 --> 00:45:59,250
you get a little
hit in your brain,
1049
00:45:59,333 --> 00:46:01,583
and it becomes this
self-perpetuating,
1050
00:46:01,667 --> 00:46:03,083
self-reinforcing thing.
1051
00:46:03,166 --> 00:46:05,792
(indistinct)
1052
00:46:05,875 --> 00:46:07,583
But, what are we doing?
1053
00:46:07,667 --> 00:46:10,208
Will Smith:
You're blogging for, like,
the YouTube channel.
1054
00:46:10,291 --> 00:46:11,959
It's like the Smith
family vacation.
1055
00:46:12,041 --> 00:46:14,542
But it's not a vacation
'cause we're working.
1056
00:46:14,625 --> 00:46:16,291
Jada:
Just dealing with
the pressures
1057
00:46:16,375 --> 00:46:18,875
of social media alone.
1058
00:46:18,959 --> 00:46:22,208
If I had to cultivate my
career as a young person
1059
00:46:22,291 --> 00:46:23,792
under the spotlight in the way
1060
00:46:23,875 --> 00:46:26,959
as young people have to
cultivate their career today,
1061
00:46:27,041 --> 00:46:28,625
I don't know...
1062
00:46:28,709 --> 00:46:30,917
I-- don't--
I don't know
1063
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:33,792
who or what I would've
become, honestly.
1064
00:46:33,875 --> 00:46:36,709
♪ ♪
1065
00:46:40,834 --> 00:46:43,959
(shutters snapping)
1066
00:46:44,041 --> 00:46:45,959
Wil:
We're doing the best that
we can do on the set,
1067
00:46:46,041 --> 00:46:49,125
but we also
have to do it in public,
1068
00:46:49,208 --> 00:46:51,458
and we have to live in public,
1069
00:46:51,542 --> 00:46:53,917
and we have to get attention
from people in public,
1070
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:56,166
and then, one day, it's gone.
1071
00:46:56,250 --> 00:46:58,291
And you don't know
what to do anymore.
1072
00:46:58,375 --> 00:47:00,792
And that's how you end up
on a shitty reality show
1073
00:47:00,875 --> 00:47:02,917
because you're like,
"Please, just somebody
pay attention to me,
1074
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:05,250
'cause that's the only
way I know how to exist."
1075
00:47:05,500 --> 00:47:08,166
Ooh! Can I get
my face painted?
1076
00:47:08,250 --> 00:47:10,667
How about we wait till
the line's a little shorter?
1077
00:47:10,750 --> 00:47:12,500
We'll come back.
1078
00:47:12,583 --> 00:47:14,500
Cameron:
We are professionals.
1079
00:47:14,583 --> 00:47:16,083
Manny? Manny!
1080
00:47:16,166 --> 00:47:19,208
Cameron:
We are, probably, a little moe
mature than the average kid.
1081
00:47:19,625 --> 00:47:22,792
Uh, socially, we probably
have more skills.
1082
00:47:24,291 --> 00:47:26,542
But, we still don't know
jack shit about the world.
1083
00:47:26,625 --> 00:47:29,333
I understand that you
see me in a certain way.
1084
00:47:29,417 --> 00:47:30,792
People put you on a pedestal.
1085
00:47:30,875 --> 00:47:32,667
People think you're really
smart and, you know,
1086
00:47:32,750 --> 00:47:35,959
"Oh my God.
You're so clever and witty and,"
blah blah blah, whatever.
1087
00:47:36,041 --> 00:47:38,041
But that's just because
you're a child actor.
1088
00:47:38,125 --> 00:47:39,500
They don't actually know you.
1089
00:47:39,583 --> 00:47:42,166
You might recognize Mara,
by the way, from--
1090
00:47:42,250 --> 00:47:43,709
Barbara, can we
swap over here?
1091
00:47:43,792 --> 00:47:45,667
Just swap Mom.
No, come in!
1092
00:47:45,750 --> 00:47:47,542
-Scooch.
Just scooch right over.
-Scooch over.
1093
00:47:47,625 --> 00:47:49,917
But, uh, you may
recognize Mara
1094
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:53,250
-from "Mrs. Doubtfire," and...
-Yes!
1095
00:47:53,333 --> 00:47:56,709
Mara:
It felt very out of control to
have everybody know my name,
1096
00:47:56,792 --> 00:47:58,875
and I didn't feel like
I could trust anybody.
1097
00:47:58,959 --> 00:48:01,583
And that's still a problem
that I have now sometimes is
1098
00:48:01,667 --> 00:48:03,709
because I-I don't know
when people want me
1099
00:48:03,792 --> 00:48:05,542
because they think
I have connections,
1100
00:48:05,625 --> 00:48:08,041
or they-- they,
you know, like me
1101
00:48:08,125 --> 00:48:10,667
because of an image that
they have of me as a child.
1102
00:48:10,750 --> 00:48:12,500
Evan, how did it
feel to get nominated
1103
00:48:12,583 --> 00:48:14,083
for a Young Star Award?
1104
00:48:14,166 --> 00:48:16,166
It's wonderful.
I was nominated last year,
1105
00:48:16,250 --> 00:48:17,333
and I had such a fun time,
1106
00:48:17,417 --> 00:48:19,917
so I'm really looking
forward to going again. Yeah.
1107
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:23,333
Evan:
The better I did,
the more I felt like
1108
00:48:23,417 --> 00:48:25,000
who I was wasn't acceptable.
1109
00:48:25,083 --> 00:48:28,041
And I don't think that
anybody did that on purpose,
1110
00:48:28,125 --> 00:48:30,542
but suddenly, I felt like
1111
00:48:30,625 --> 00:48:32,125
I didn't belong
to myself anymore.
1112
00:48:32,208 --> 00:48:34,917
I was a commodity that
needed to be monitored
1113
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:38,083
and groomed and I had
to look a certain way
1114
00:48:38,166 --> 00:48:40,417
and present myself
a certain way.
1115
00:48:40,500 --> 00:48:43,542
Photographer:
And then bring your hand up--
There you go. Excellent.
1116
00:48:43,625 --> 00:48:46,083
(shutters snapping)
1117
00:48:46,166 --> 00:48:48,208
My voice just kept getting
quieter and quieter.
1118
00:48:48,291 --> 00:48:51,250
After a while,
you don't really know, like,
1119
00:48:51,333 --> 00:48:53,417
do you wanna be my friend
'cause you wanna be my friend,
1120
00:48:53,500 --> 00:48:55,542
or do you wanna be my
friend because I'm on TV?
1121
00:48:56,834 --> 00:48:59,750
And, you know, that's--
you gotta figure that out
for yourself,
1122
00:48:59,834 --> 00:49:01,208
and at 13, how do you...
1123
00:49:01,291 --> 00:49:02,792
you don't have
the social skills yet
1124
00:49:02,875 --> 00:49:04,417
to sniff out a social climber
1125
00:49:04,500 --> 00:49:06,709
or a person who's
trying to use you.
1126
00:49:06,792 --> 00:49:07,917
And I got used.
1127
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:10,250
All of a sudden,
all of my cousins
1128
00:49:10,333 --> 00:49:12,959
who've either ignored me
or tormented me,
1129
00:49:13,041 --> 00:49:15,291
are treating me
like I'm a big deal.
1130
00:49:15,375 --> 00:49:17,250
And I knew that it
wasn't because of me.
1131
00:49:17,333 --> 00:49:18,792
I knew that it was
because of the movie.
1132
00:49:18,875 --> 00:49:22,834
And I remember kind of
resenting that and feeling
like, you know,
1133
00:49:22,917 --> 00:49:24,667
I imagine like it would've
been better to be like,
1134
00:49:24,750 --> 00:49:26,417
"Yay, they finally
care that I exist,"
1135
00:49:26,500 --> 00:49:28,291
but I remember feeling like...
1136
00:49:28,375 --> 00:49:30,291
like, this is all bullshit!
1137
00:49:30,375 --> 00:49:33,000
Like, this isn't about me.
This is because I'm famous.
1138
00:49:33,083 --> 00:49:35,458
And that was the beginning
1139
00:49:35,542 --> 00:49:38,792
of not being able
to trust anybody.
1140
00:49:38,875 --> 00:49:41,875
(upbeat music playing)
1141
00:49:43,750 --> 00:49:47,583
Henry:
Professionally,
it made me, like, the It Kid
1142
00:49:47,667 --> 00:49:50,166
that every casting
director wanted to get
1143
00:49:50,250 --> 00:49:53,208
a Henry Thomas-type
for the next role.
1144
00:49:53,583 --> 00:49:55,458
Help, police, murder.
1145
00:49:55,542 --> 00:49:59,667
I remember I was getting
scripts with straight offers,
1146
00:49:59,750 --> 00:50:02,208
and we had to
listen to an agent.
1147
00:50:02,291 --> 00:50:04,583
-It was just a strange time.
-Action.
1148
00:50:04,959 --> 00:50:06,834
Henry:
And I also felt like
1149
00:50:06,917 --> 00:50:09,500
I really didn't know
what I was doing still,
1150
00:50:09,583 --> 00:50:11,959
but now everybody
was acting like
1151
00:50:12,041 --> 00:50:15,333
I did know everything
about what I was doing.
1152
00:50:15,417 --> 00:50:18,208
-Man: 54 Henry, take two.
-Woman: We're rolling!
1153
00:50:18,291 --> 00:50:19,834
Man: Marker.
1154
00:50:19,917 --> 00:50:22,125
Henry:
It's a funny dance,
I think, when you're a kid
1155
00:50:22,208 --> 00:50:23,375
because...
1156
00:50:23,458 --> 00:50:25,542
it hits you all at
once, and emotions,
1157
00:50:25,625 --> 00:50:29,000
for me as a kid,
were so overwhelming
and palpable.
1158
00:50:29,083 --> 00:50:31,125
That sense of-- of pressure,
1159
00:50:31,750 --> 00:50:33,709
of "you have to perform now."
1160
00:50:33,792 --> 00:50:35,125
Director:
Go.
1161
00:50:36,291 --> 00:50:38,208
Hey, Ricey! What's the matter?
Can't shoot straight?
1162
00:50:38,291 --> 00:50:40,375
-Oh, wait.
-Director: "Can't you
shoot straight." Cut.
1163
00:50:40,458 --> 00:50:43,625
-Go.
-Hey, Ricey! What's the matter?
Can't you str--
1164
00:50:44,625 --> 00:50:47,667
(upbeat piano playing)
1165
00:50:50,458 --> 00:50:53,333
Diana:
Child stars never
earned any money at all.
1166
00:50:53,417 --> 00:50:56,458
It was just considered
taking candy from a baby.
1167
00:50:57,166 --> 00:51:00,083
So at 10, I retired,
having made for my family,
1168
00:51:00,166 --> 00:51:02,542
between films and vaudeville,
1169
00:51:02,625 --> 00:51:04,417
two million that I'm sure of,
1170
00:51:04,500 --> 00:51:06,959
and another million that
I'm not quite certain of.
1171
00:51:08,125 --> 00:51:12,041
Jackie Coogan was
a victim of being exploited.
1172
00:51:12,125 --> 00:51:14,917
His family had exploited
him terrifically.
1173
00:51:15,166 --> 00:51:17,291
He endures everything.
1174
00:51:18,291 --> 00:51:20,333
I had...
1175
00:51:20,834 --> 00:51:23,750
innumerable
outside interests, uh,
1176
00:51:23,834 --> 00:51:25,917
endorsements of, uh, of product
1177
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:28,542
and food and clothing.
1178
00:51:29,166 --> 00:51:31,083
So that I was earning about
1179
00:51:31,166 --> 00:51:33,458
a million dollars
a year, all told.
1180
00:51:34,667 --> 00:51:37,542
Diana:
Coogan had success
as a child star,
1181
00:51:37,625 --> 00:51:39,458
and he ran a full course.
1182
00:51:40,834 --> 00:51:44,375
But he was destitute.
He died broke.
1183
00:51:44,458 --> 00:51:47,500
♪ ♪
1184
00:51:49,834 --> 00:51:52,458
I had money, but not
the money I should've had.
1185
00:51:52,542 --> 00:51:54,625
My dad didn't tell us
something he should've told us.
1186
00:51:54,709 --> 00:51:56,417
That these people were
ripping off his clients.
1187
00:51:56,500 --> 00:51:57,750
My dad didn't tell
us for three years,
1188
00:51:57,834 --> 00:52:00,250
and they got most
of my stuff, too, so...
1189
00:52:00,333 --> 00:52:01,834
And, you know,
the unfortunate part,
1190
00:52:01,917 --> 00:52:04,291
when they come to get you,
they come in a little...
1191
00:52:04,375 --> 00:52:05,792
They don't come by themselves.
1192
00:52:05,875 --> 00:52:07,333
They come in a little minivan
full of people,
1193
00:52:07,417 --> 00:52:08,959
and everyone's
doing something different,
1194
00:52:09,041 --> 00:52:10,500
working a different angle.
1195
00:52:10,583 --> 00:52:12,959
And it's all to get your
money out of your pocket.
1196
00:52:13,041 --> 00:52:14,750
That's what it's all about.
1197
00:52:14,834 --> 00:52:16,959
Henry:
The money that
I earn from movies
1198
00:52:17,041 --> 00:52:18,625
goes into a savings account,
1199
00:52:18,709 --> 00:52:20,875
but I get my allowance.
1200
00:52:21,166 --> 00:52:24,083
But what people don't realize,
no matter how little
1201
00:52:24,166 --> 00:52:27,125
or how much money
that the child makes,
1202
00:52:27,208 --> 00:52:31,166
that it is the child's money.
It's not our money.
1203
00:52:32,208 --> 00:52:34,250
Henry:
I think I felt
an enormous pressure
1204
00:52:34,333 --> 00:52:36,750
on myself, like, to...
1205
00:52:37,542 --> 00:52:41,542
sort of stay at home and--
and make that peaceful
1206
00:52:41,625 --> 00:52:45,291
and have a degree
of normalcy and...
1207
00:52:45,375 --> 00:52:46,250
(shutter snap)
1208
00:52:46,333 --> 00:52:49,166
But, there was
an ongoing existential
1209
00:52:49,250 --> 00:52:51,208
"now what" with the family.
1210
00:52:51,291 --> 00:52:53,500
My mom was there
with me all the time.
1211
00:52:53,583 --> 00:52:56,542
My dad was still working
and...
1212
00:52:56,625 --> 00:52:59,458
she basically came
with me for the next
1213
00:52:59,542 --> 00:53:01,208
four years, five years
1214
00:53:01,291 --> 00:53:03,166
on all of my films,
1215
00:53:03,250 --> 00:53:04,917
until I was 17.
1216
00:53:05,750 --> 00:53:07,250
I think she, uh,
1217
00:53:08,041 --> 00:53:09,208
she resented me for that
1218
00:53:09,291 --> 00:53:12,375
for years afterwards, but...
1219
00:53:13,458 --> 00:53:15,959
you know, when you're a kid,
you don't really think about
1220
00:53:16,041 --> 00:53:19,041
what everybody else has
to do to accommodate your--
1221
00:53:19,125 --> 00:53:21,041
your burgeoning film career.
1222
00:53:21,125 --> 00:53:22,750
Henry Thomas Sr.:
We try to keep him, you know,
1223
00:53:24,083 --> 00:53:25,875
halfway normal.
1224
00:53:25,959 --> 00:53:28,583
He just wants to be regular.
1225
00:53:28,667 --> 00:53:31,834
She was coming at it
from a place of...
1226
00:53:32,792 --> 00:53:35,083
ignorance, of...
1227
00:53:35,458 --> 00:53:39,333
"I don't know this world,
and it's scary to me,
1228
00:53:39,417 --> 00:53:42,375
"and I feel like people
are trying to rip us off,
1229
00:53:42,458 --> 00:53:46,125
and, possibly, hurt us." So,
1230
00:53:47,917 --> 00:53:50,959
that was her front and that
was her attitude, and...
1231
00:53:52,166 --> 00:53:54,333
I don't think
it necessarily, like,
1232
00:53:54,417 --> 00:53:56,875
did me a lot of
favors, career-wise,
1233
00:53:56,959 --> 00:53:59,041
because I think she was labeled
1234
00:53:59,125 --> 00:54:01,875
as difficult to work with, and,
1235
00:54:01,959 --> 00:54:05,834
consequently, I was labeled
as difficult to work with.
1236
00:54:06,166 --> 00:54:07,458
Wait, what?
1237
00:54:09,542 --> 00:54:11,625
-Yay! Yeah.
-A callback.
1238
00:54:11,709 --> 00:54:12,792
(text chimes)
1239
00:54:13,375 --> 00:54:15,959
-But, when is it?
-Next week.
1240
00:54:16,041 --> 00:54:18,542
You have to
prepare the sides
1241
00:54:18,625 --> 00:54:21,166
with a Southern
accent and...
1242
00:54:22,500 --> 00:54:24,625
"if the music
director asks
1243
00:54:24,709 --> 00:54:27,542
please be prepared to
riff on the songs."
1244
00:54:27,625 --> 00:54:29,542
-(chuckles)
-Okay.
1245
00:54:29,625 --> 00:54:31,875
Tricia:
Everything revolves around
her right now,
1246
00:54:31,959 --> 00:54:33,125
so, like, I don't work
1247
00:54:33,208 --> 00:54:34,959
because I follow
her around all day
1248
00:54:35,041 --> 00:54:37,583
and bring her to auditions,
and she needs to be on set.
1249
00:54:37,667 --> 00:54:39,208
You know, I have to be there,
1250
00:54:39,291 --> 00:54:42,208
so we've all kind
of sacrificed a lot
1251
00:54:42,291 --> 00:54:45,041
so she could do what she loves.
1252
00:54:45,542 --> 00:54:49,166
So, I hope she
knows that, but. (laughs)
1253
00:54:49,500 --> 00:54:51,125
Morning, Dad.
1254
00:54:51,208 --> 00:54:53,166
(both laugh)
1255
00:54:53,250 --> 00:54:55,458
Cameron:
You know, people have
to sacrifice for you,
1256
00:54:55,542 --> 00:54:58,333
which I didn't understand
as a kid, but then,
1257
00:54:58,417 --> 00:55:00,458
sort of looking back
on it now, I go, wow,
1258
00:55:00,542 --> 00:55:02,291
you know, my dad quit his job.
1259
00:55:02,375 --> 00:55:05,125
My son is irritated with me
'cause I'm documenting this.
1260
00:55:05,208 --> 00:55:07,458
-Why? (laughs)
-But I'm documenting this
1261
00:55:07,542 --> 00:55:09,834
-because I can!
-Great.
1262
00:55:09,917 --> 00:55:11,959
Cameron:
My mom was letting me skip,
1263
00:55:12,041 --> 00:55:13,959
you know,
my last period in school
1264
00:55:14,041 --> 00:55:16,875
so I could go to
some stupid audition
that I didn't book.
1265
00:55:17,208 --> 00:55:18,917
And when it really
hit home for me
1266
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:21,792
was when my sister
1267
00:55:21,875 --> 00:55:23,583
would come home from school,
1268
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:27,000
and talk about
how her classmates
1269
00:55:27,083 --> 00:55:30,500
would just naturally
associate her with me,
1270
00:55:30,583 --> 00:55:32,166
and that's what she was.
1271
00:55:32,250 --> 00:55:34,458
I hated that,
and that killed me.
1272
00:55:35,458 --> 00:55:37,875
I didn't want her to feel
like she was in my shadow,
1273
00:55:37,959 --> 00:55:39,875
or that she was lesser than.
1274
00:55:39,959 --> 00:55:42,041
So, there are definitely
things that, like,
you think back on,
1275
00:55:42,125 --> 00:55:45,875
and you're like that changed
the entire fabric of, you know,
1276
00:55:45,959 --> 00:55:48,792
my family
and the way that
1277
00:55:48,875 --> 00:55:50,792
we work as a unit.
1278
00:55:50,875 --> 00:55:53,250
I think with, especially
with my mother,
1279
00:55:54,083 --> 00:55:56,333
she clung to me
1280
00:55:56,417 --> 00:55:58,166
during that time
1281
00:55:58,250 --> 00:56:00,208
'cause she wanted to
be very protective.
1282
00:56:00,291 --> 00:56:01,709
I can't help but think
1283
00:56:01,792 --> 00:56:04,959
that I'm sure people
in my family felt like
1284
00:56:05,041 --> 00:56:06,709
she started disappearing
with me
1285
00:56:06,792 --> 00:56:08,375
when my career
started taking off.
1286
00:56:08,458 --> 00:56:10,417
I think it just happens,
1287
00:56:10,500 --> 00:56:12,542
and I think we all felt it.
1288
00:56:12,625 --> 00:56:15,542
And I think I felt
a lot of guilt for it
1289
00:56:15,625 --> 00:56:18,041
that I never really...
1290
00:56:18,125 --> 00:56:21,667
vocalized or knew
how to process.
1291
00:56:21,750 --> 00:56:24,792
And then, very quickly,
felt like...
1292
00:56:26,458 --> 00:56:29,500
whatever struggles I was
going through, or whatever...
1293
00:56:30,834 --> 00:56:34,750
I couldn't talk about
because I was where...
1294
00:56:35,625 --> 00:56:39,083
I felt like a lot of people
in my family wanted to be,
1295
00:56:39,166 --> 00:56:41,500
and so I think I...
1296
00:56:43,458 --> 00:56:45,375
I silenced my voice
pretty quick,
1297
00:56:45,458 --> 00:56:47,583
and just felt like,
well, I can't-- I don't--
1298
00:56:47,667 --> 00:56:49,917
I can't complain about
anything anymore.
1299
00:56:50,959 --> 00:56:53,625
Reporter:
Mara clearly has a grip on
playing a dramatic role,
1300
00:56:53,709 --> 00:56:55,709
but nothing in her training
could've prepared her
1301
00:56:55,792 --> 00:56:58,083
for what happened in the midde
of our "E.T." interview
1302
00:56:58,166 --> 00:56:59,834
when she lost a tooth.
1303
00:57:02,125 --> 00:57:04,333
-Yes. Oh no.
-(man, indistinct)
1304
00:57:07,500 --> 00:57:09,041
(Mara, indistinct)
1305
00:57:10,041 --> 00:57:11,959
Mara:
My mother died during
1306
00:57:12,041 --> 00:57:14,542
the post-production
process of "Matilda."
1307
00:57:14,625 --> 00:57:16,917
I felt kind of lost
and unmoored without her,
1308
00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:18,959
and just kinda kept
acting in movies
1309
00:57:19,041 --> 00:57:22,083
because it felt like
a constant in my life.
1310
00:57:22,166 --> 00:57:25,834
The entertainment industry is
gonna make a decision about me.
1311
00:57:26,667 --> 00:57:29,917
Am I a serious actor
1312
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:32,625
who's going to follow a track
1313
00:57:32,709 --> 00:57:36,291
that leads to serious work
and serious roles?
1314
00:57:36,375 --> 00:57:38,834
Am I an accident
1315
00:57:38,917 --> 00:57:40,458
that got lucky in one movie?
1316
00:57:40,542 --> 00:57:43,583
-(insects chirping)
-(thunder)
1317
00:57:43,667 --> 00:57:45,750
My parents put me in
a shitty horror movie...
1318
00:57:45,834 --> 00:57:49,625
Narrator:
But here, nothing
is what it seems.
1319
00:57:49,709 --> 00:57:51,250
(rumbling)
1320
00:57:51,333 --> 00:57:53,625
Wil:
Because they threw
a bunch of money at us
1321
00:57:53,709 --> 00:57:58,125
and dangled a trip
to Rome for the family.
1322
00:57:58,208 --> 00:58:00,750
Narrator:
Wil Wheaton of "Stand By Me"
1323
00:58:00,834 --> 00:58:03,625
-must stand alone...
-(screaming)
1324
00:58:03,709 --> 00:58:06,750
against "The Curse."
1325
00:58:06,834 --> 00:58:09,083
Wil:
At the time, my mother
was being my manager.
1326
00:58:09,166 --> 00:58:11,333
In my life circumstance,
1327
00:58:11,417 --> 00:58:14,208
her being my manager
was all about her needs
1328
00:58:14,291 --> 00:58:16,291
and not about what
was best for me.
1329
00:58:16,917 --> 00:58:20,125
I went and worked in a
phenomenally abusive environment
1330
00:58:20,208 --> 00:58:22,375
and had a terrible experience,
1331
00:58:22,458 --> 00:58:24,208
and I think it really
hurt my film career.
1332
00:58:24,291 --> 00:58:26,333
Our next movie is
"Return to the Blue Lagoon."
1333
00:58:26,417 --> 00:58:28,458
It is easily one of
the most ridiculous movies
1334
00:58:28,542 --> 00:58:31,000
I have ever seen
in a long career
1335
00:58:31,083 --> 00:58:33,166
of many ridiculous movies.
1336
00:58:33,250 --> 00:58:36,875
I felt so horrible, um,
after reading
1337
00:58:36,959 --> 00:58:39,166
you know, bad review
after bad review
after bad review,
1338
00:58:39,250 --> 00:58:40,500
and it screws you up.
1339
00:58:40,583 --> 00:58:42,417
I mean, you're just
becoming a teenager,
1340
00:58:43,041 --> 00:58:45,834
and this is, like, your
first understanding
1341
00:58:45,917 --> 00:58:48,458
of where your place
is in the world,
1342
00:58:48,542 --> 00:58:49,709
how people view you,
1343
00:58:49,792 --> 00:58:53,333
and that really
put a bad taste in
my mouth for acting,
1344
00:58:53,417 --> 00:58:55,709
and that really
convinced me that
1345
00:58:55,792 --> 00:58:58,208
this wasn't what
I was meant to do.
1346
00:58:58,291 --> 00:59:00,834
Like, my mother was
an amazing actress, but...
1347
00:59:01,583 --> 00:59:03,500
I needed to find myself.
1348
00:59:03,583 --> 00:59:06,542
-(bell ringing)
-Very quiet, please.
We're rolling.
1349
00:59:06,625 --> 00:59:08,875
-Henry: You're in this
environment of...
-Speed.
1350
00:59:08,959 --> 00:59:10,458
-Henry : ...a circus.
-Action.
1351
00:59:11,625 --> 00:59:13,208
Henry:
Where everybody's
part of the circus,
1352
00:59:13,291 --> 00:59:15,041
and everybody understands,
1353
00:59:15,125 --> 00:59:17,417
and everybody's there
to accommodate you
1354
00:59:17,500 --> 00:59:19,709
because you're all
in the same world.
1355
00:59:19,792 --> 00:59:22,083
You're working together
to do something.
1356
00:59:23,291 --> 00:59:25,750
And then you leave that,
and you go back to,
1357
00:59:26,500 --> 00:59:29,500
in my case, rural Texas,
1358
00:59:29,583 --> 00:59:33,417
where mostly no one has
been on a film set, and...
1359
00:59:34,834 --> 00:59:37,583
you start to get
this feeling like,
1360
00:59:37,667 --> 00:59:39,917
"Oh, well I don't belong here.
1361
00:59:40,000 --> 00:59:42,458
"I belong there
in the circus world.
1362
00:59:42,834 --> 00:59:45,041
"So, everything
that fails here,
1363
00:59:45,125 --> 00:59:47,917
"I'm just gonna take
this back to the circus,
1364
00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:49,792
"and the circus people,
1365
00:59:49,875 --> 00:59:51,792
they'll be cool to me."
1366
00:59:53,333 --> 00:59:56,250
Let's hug. Let's all hug
and pretend like
we like each other.
1367
00:59:56,333 --> 00:59:58,250
(indistinct chatter)
1368
00:59:58,333 --> 01:00:00,041
Evan:
My mom really felt
like she was
1369
01:00:00,125 --> 01:00:02,375
doing the right thing
most of the time.
1370
01:00:02,458 --> 01:00:04,417
Um...
1371
01:00:04,500 --> 01:00:06,792
but I think where
everyone failed,
1372
01:00:06,875 --> 01:00:09,750
moms, managers,
lawyers, everybody, um,
1373
01:00:09,834 --> 01:00:12,375
no one ever asked me
how I was doing.
1374
01:00:13,041 --> 01:00:15,750
Um, my emotional state
1375
01:00:15,834 --> 01:00:19,333
was equated with how
well I was doing...
1376
01:00:20,208 --> 01:00:22,000
you know, in my career.
1377
01:00:22,083 --> 01:00:23,625
And so, the better
I did in my career,
1378
01:00:23,709 --> 01:00:25,750
the more they just
assumed I was fine.
1379
01:00:25,834 --> 01:00:27,750
(laughs)
No one really checked in,
1380
01:00:27,834 --> 01:00:30,125
especially as things
began to ramp up,
1381
01:00:30,208 --> 01:00:31,625
and the fame came in.
1382
01:00:31,709 --> 01:00:34,208
No one asked, "How are you?"
1383
01:00:36,250 --> 01:00:39,125
You know? (laughs)
Just a simple question.
1384
01:00:39,208 --> 01:00:41,458
-(reporters chattering)
-(shutters snapping)
1385
01:00:41,542 --> 01:00:43,792
Jada:
The amount of pressure
1386
01:00:43,875 --> 01:00:47,625
that young entertainers
have to have it all together
1387
01:00:47,709 --> 01:00:49,750
and to not be allowed
1388
01:00:49,834 --> 01:00:52,458
to actually be young.
1389
01:00:52,542 --> 01:00:55,500
-(reporters shouting)
- The kind of
detriment that I see
1390
01:00:55,583 --> 01:00:57,125
that it has on the psychology
1391
01:00:57,208 --> 01:00:59,625
-(shutter snap)
-of young adults.
1392
01:00:59,709 --> 01:01:01,375
It's a lot of pressure.
1393
01:01:01,458 --> 01:01:03,333
-(reporters shouting)
-(shutters snapping)
1394
01:01:03,417 --> 01:01:06,000
One thing that Jaden
and Willow don't necessarily,
1395
01:01:06,083 --> 01:01:07,792
they don't have to
figure it all out.
1396
01:01:07,875 --> 01:01:09,500
So, there's some pitfalls
that we can see and go,
1397
01:01:09,583 --> 01:01:11,208
"No, no, not that."
1398
01:01:11,291 --> 01:01:13,542
-We really are proud of Willow.
-Yes.
1399
01:01:13,625 --> 01:01:16,333
Money, fame,
1400
01:01:16,417 --> 01:01:17,792
glamour,
1401
01:01:17,875 --> 01:01:20,417
I have seen people
lose sight of that.
1402
01:01:21,125 --> 01:01:23,208
Even Will and I have
slipped into that.
1403
01:01:23,291 --> 01:01:25,333
You know,
we had to catch ourselves,
and Willow's like,
1404
01:01:25,417 --> 01:01:27,458
"I'm not doing
'Whip My Hair' anymore!"
It's like, okay, we get it!
1405
01:01:27,542 --> 01:01:28,667
♪ I whip my hair
back and forth ♪
1406
01:01:28,750 --> 01:01:30,500
♪ I whip my hair back
and forth ♪
1407
01:01:30,583 --> 01:01:32,500
Willow Smith:
After that whole
"Whip My Hair" thing,
1408
01:01:32,583 --> 01:01:35,959
I was just, like, plunged
into this, like, black hole.
1409
01:01:36,041 --> 01:01:38,500
-Mm-hmm.
-And I was, like,
cutting myself--
1410
01:01:38,583 --> 01:01:39,583
What?
1411
01:01:40,792 --> 01:01:44,000
I've seen a lot of beautiful
young people and children...
1412
01:01:45,291 --> 01:01:46,667
(sighs)
1413
01:01:46,750 --> 01:01:48,834
You know, I've seen them...
1414
01:01:49,291 --> 01:01:51,000
Yeah, I've seen them...
1415
01:01:52,000 --> 01:01:55,041
just be destroyed.
1416
01:01:55,125 --> 01:01:58,083
♪ ♪
1417
01:01:58,166 --> 01:02:00,041
Mara:
My parents were
always telling me,
1418
01:02:00,125 --> 01:02:02,709
you have to be
happy and smiley when
we're meeting people.
1419
01:02:02,792 --> 01:02:04,208
You have to be
glad to meet people
1420
01:02:04,291 --> 01:02:06,000
and you have to be
nice to your fans,
1421
01:02:06,083 --> 01:02:07,709
and it could be hard
for me sometimes.
1422
01:02:07,792 --> 01:02:09,583
I struggled with it
because sometimes
1423
01:02:09,667 --> 01:02:11,208
I just wanted
to hang out with my friends.
1424
01:02:11,291 --> 01:02:13,083
I didn't really want to
1425
01:02:13,166 --> 01:02:14,917
you know, be signing autographs
and doing all these things.
1426
01:02:15,000 --> 01:02:17,083
I felt kind of
uncomfortable with it.
1427
01:02:17,166 --> 01:02:19,208
I had some kind of
impostor syndrome.
1428
01:02:19,291 --> 01:02:20,875
But, I started
picking up on things,
1429
01:02:20,959 --> 01:02:23,041
and it happened
from a young age.
1430
01:02:23,125 --> 01:02:26,083
I noticed, like, much older men
1431
01:02:26,166 --> 01:02:27,917
being interested in me
and knowing my name,
1432
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:29,500
which felt wrong to me.
1433
01:02:29,875 --> 01:02:31,583
I remember Googling
my own name,
1434
01:02:31,667 --> 01:02:33,083
which was a terrible thing,
1435
01:02:33,166 --> 01:02:35,875
and I saw people,
like, talking about
1436
01:02:35,959 --> 01:02:37,834
Photoshopped
child porn for me.
1437
01:02:39,458 --> 01:02:41,583
It was hard for me sometimes
to talk to my parents
and my family about this,
1438
01:02:41,667 --> 01:02:43,750
because I felt like
1439
01:02:43,834 --> 01:02:46,083
I was a burden on them.
I felt ashamed.
1440
01:02:46,166 --> 01:02:48,583
My parents tried to protect
me from these dangers,
1441
01:02:48,667 --> 01:02:50,375
but I could sense them.
1442
01:02:50,458 --> 01:02:53,291
I could feel them, and I knew
that there were times when
1443
01:02:53,375 --> 01:02:55,792
they just weren't going
to be able to protect me.
1444
01:02:56,208 --> 01:02:58,792
Maybe it would be best if
you didn't even mention
1445
01:02:58,875 --> 01:03:00,709
you know,
that you came back here
1446
01:03:00,792 --> 01:03:03,917
and I gave you all this
ice cream before dinner.
1447
01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:07,291
Why don't we just make it
our little secret, huh?
1448
01:03:07,375 --> 01:03:10,291
-You know something,
Mr. Horton? You're sneaky.
-(laughter)
1449
01:03:10,375 --> 01:03:12,625
Todd:
The thing about that issue
1450
01:03:12,709 --> 01:03:14,959
when you're young is you're
not able to talk about it.
1451
01:03:15,041 --> 01:03:17,959
That's the biggest problem.
The person wants
to keep it a secret,
1452
01:03:18,041 --> 01:03:20,291
but then you feel
ashamed of yourself,
so then you keep it a secret.
1453
01:03:20,375 --> 01:03:23,041
Well, I was 12 years old,
and my publicist, he...
1454
01:03:23,667 --> 01:03:25,792
basically, got--
talked me into
1455
01:03:25,875 --> 01:03:27,458
doing things that
I didn't really wanna do.
1456
01:03:27,542 --> 01:03:29,583
I was-- hadn't had sex before,
1457
01:03:29,667 --> 01:03:32,792
and he kinda convinced me that
this was the right thing to do,
1458
01:03:32,875 --> 01:03:36,083
and kinda told me, like,
"Don't tell your parents,"
1459
01:03:36,166 --> 01:03:38,166
you know, and he bought me
a bicycle.
1460
01:03:38,250 --> 01:03:40,125
He always kept
doing things for me
1461
01:03:40,208 --> 01:03:41,834
that I didn't quite
really understand.
1462
01:03:41,917 --> 01:03:44,125
-So he kinda seduced you?
-It started at 11--
1463
01:03:44,208 --> 01:03:47,500
Yeah, he seduced me, and it
started at 11 years old to 12.
1464
01:03:47,583 --> 01:03:49,333
You know, when I first came out
and told my mom about it,
1465
01:03:49,417 --> 01:03:50,959
my mom knew
I was telling the truth.
1466
01:03:51,041 --> 01:03:52,333
She could look in my eyes
and knew I was telling
the truth.
1467
01:03:52,417 --> 01:03:53,792
My dad took his side,
1468
01:03:53,875 --> 01:03:55,041
and that was the bad thing.
1469
01:03:55,125 --> 01:03:56,792
My dad--
It kinda crushed--
1470
01:03:56,875 --> 01:03:58,333
When my dad took his side,
that crushed me.
1471
01:03:58,417 --> 01:03:59,792
It ruined me, actually,
1472
01:03:59,875 --> 01:04:02,166
because then I was on
a self-destruction course
1473
01:04:02,250 --> 01:04:04,208
to destroy myself
just to hurt him.
1474
01:04:04,291 --> 01:04:07,166
It's something that a lot
of parents need to see
1475
01:04:07,250 --> 01:04:09,166
and understand that these
people are right there,
1476
01:04:09,250 --> 01:04:10,709
ready to trick you, you know,
1477
01:04:10,792 --> 01:04:12,333
and not trick you
out of your money.
1478
01:04:12,417 --> 01:04:14,709
Trick you away from your kid,
and that's a bad thing.
1479
01:04:14,792 --> 01:04:18,333
In my experience,
I know a lot of, um,
1480
01:04:18,417 --> 01:04:19,959
kids that grew up
in the industry,
1481
01:04:20,041 --> 01:04:22,500
and what surprised me
when I got older
1482
01:04:22,583 --> 01:04:24,000
was finding out that pretty much
1483
01:04:24,083 --> 01:04:27,208
all of the young men
1484
01:04:27,291 --> 01:04:29,542
were abused in
some way, sexually.
1485
01:04:29,625 --> 01:04:32,250
-(reporters chattering)
-(shutters snapping)
1486
01:04:32,333 --> 01:04:35,166
I was at the Golden Globes.
1487
01:04:35,250 --> 01:04:38,125
-(applause)
-I watched a pedophile win.
1488
01:04:39,250 --> 01:04:41,375
I knew. Not a lot of
people know,
1489
01:04:41,458 --> 01:04:43,709
but I know that he's molested
boys in the industry.
1490
01:04:43,792 --> 01:04:46,834
And I watched him get up
and accept an award,
1491
01:04:46,917 --> 01:04:50,625
and I walked out
and just started sobbing.
1492
01:04:51,291 --> 01:04:53,041
And a bunch of people ran
after me, and they said,
1493
01:04:53,125 --> 01:04:55,041
"What? What? What's wrong?"
And I just was like,
1494
01:04:55,125 --> 01:04:56,917
"I don't know if
I can do this anymore.
1495
01:04:57,000 --> 01:04:59,250
"I can't keep
watching this happen.
1496
01:04:59,333 --> 01:05:02,542
I don't know
how to handle this.
This has to stop."
1497
01:05:02,625 --> 01:05:04,875
Reporter 1:
After years of
claiming sexual abuse,
1498
01:05:04,959 --> 01:05:07,542
'80s star Corey Feldman
is finally being heard
1499
01:05:07,625 --> 01:05:09,166
by the LAPD.
1500
01:05:09,250 --> 01:05:11,750
I can tell you that the number
one problem in Hollywood was,
1501
01:05:11,834 --> 01:05:14,375
and is and always
will be, pedophilia.
1502
01:05:14,458 --> 01:05:17,458
Reporter 2:
This morning, Kevin Spacey
in a drama of his own.
1503
01:05:17,542 --> 01:05:20,417
The "House of Cards"
star under fire
following allegations
1504
01:05:20,500 --> 01:05:22,083
of sexual misconduct.
1505
01:05:22,166 --> 01:05:24,959
Reporter 3:
At least six men
accused Bryan Singer
1506
01:05:25,041 --> 01:05:28,041
of sexual misconduct
spanning two decades.
1507
01:05:28,125 --> 01:05:31,083
Evan:
Any industry that has that muh
power and is that competitive,
1508
01:05:31,166 --> 01:05:33,542
because after a while,
it starts to become
1509
01:05:33,625 --> 01:05:35,542
"Well, who can take
the most abuse?"
1510
01:05:35,625 --> 01:05:37,709
Because somebody's waiting
in line to take your place,
1511
01:05:37,792 --> 01:05:41,291
so you just start
to allow yourself
1512
01:05:41,375 --> 01:05:44,792
to be abused in
some form or another.
1513
01:05:44,875 --> 01:05:47,750
Um, every actor
is guilty of that.
1514
01:05:47,834 --> 01:05:49,709
-They're lying if
they say they're not.
-Interviewer: For sure.
1515
01:05:49,792 --> 01:05:52,458
(laughs)
Because it's just part of
the deal at this point,
1516
01:05:52,542 --> 01:05:54,625
and, unfortunately,
until things change,
1517
01:05:54,709 --> 01:05:56,959
there's always gonna be
somebody willing to
1518
01:05:57,041 --> 01:05:58,417
-take abuse.
-Interviewer: And stay quiet.
1519
01:05:58,500 --> 01:06:00,250
And stay quiet.
Yep. Yep. Yep.
1520
01:06:00,333 --> 01:06:02,291
-It happened to me, too.
-Me, too.
1521
01:06:02,375 --> 01:06:03,500
It happened to me, too.
1522
01:06:04,709 --> 01:06:05,667
Jada:
People are coming out,
women are coming out
1523
01:06:05,750 --> 01:06:08,125
and talking about things
that they've experienced
1524
01:06:08,208 --> 01:06:09,959
so that young women,
1525
01:06:10,041 --> 01:06:12,625
and young boys, who are
coming up in the game
1526
01:06:12,709 --> 01:06:15,333
can have more awareness
that it's not just a saying.
1527
01:06:15,417 --> 01:06:18,583
It's actually (laughs)--
It is actually a reality.
1528
01:06:18,667 --> 01:06:21,709
-(traffic noise)
-(birds chirping)
1529
01:06:22,542 --> 01:06:24,959
Melanie:
I put a GizmoWatch on him
1530
01:06:25,041 --> 01:06:26,959
when I go--
so he can call me.
1531
01:06:27,041 --> 01:06:29,750
I mean, if anything happens,
I was like, you call me.
1532
01:06:29,834 --> 01:06:33,583
I mean, you hit one button,
I'm in that door. (laughs)
I don't care!
1533
01:06:33,667 --> 01:06:34,875
Okay, I can do my...
1534
01:06:34,959 --> 01:06:37,875
Melanie:
I'm-- I'm realistic of
what really goes on,
1535
01:06:37,959 --> 01:06:40,333
or can go on.
I didn't think that back--
1536
01:06:40,417 --> 01:06:43,125
I mean, about children
back then.
1537
01:06:43,208 --> 01:06:46,458
Now, you know, the--
always the MeToo thing.
1538
01:06:46,542 --> 01:06:48,291
That-- I had some
instances like that
1539
01:06:48,375 --> 01:06:50,542
that I had to say
"absolutely not."
1540
01:06:50,625 --> 01:06:53,709
-(reporters chattering)
-(shutters snapping)
1541
01:06:55,083 --> 01:06:56,834
Jada:
I'm grateful that
1542
01:06:56,917 --> 01:07:00,166
Willow may not have to
1543
01:07:00,250 --> 01:07:02,208
come up against that as well
because it's so--
1544
01:07:02,291 --> 01:07:04,667
people are like...
1545
01:07:04,750 --> 01:07:07,000
people are talking. (laughs)
1546
01:07:07,083 --> 01:07:08,333
You know?
1547
01:07:08,417 --> 01:07:09,500
(puffing)
1548
01:07:09,583 --> 01:07:12,458
-(steam hissing)
-(crossing bell ringing)
1549
01:07:15,458 --> 01:07:17,250
(brakes creaking)
1550
01:07:18,834 --> 01:07:21,875
"Shining Time"?
What does that mean?
1551
01:07:21,959 --> 01:07:23,208
(barking)
1552
01:07:23,291 --> 01:07:25,208
Do you want me to get off here?
1553
01:07:25,291 --> 01:07:27,083
(steam hissing)
1554
01:07:27,166 --> 01:07:29,375
Mara:
I had been burned out
on acting for a while,
1555
01:07:29,458 --> 01:07:31,041
but...
1556
01:07:31,125 --> 01:07:34,375
Hollywood wasn't
really interested in me
anymore either
1557
01:07:34,458 --> 01:07:37,750
because I was pubescent
and deeply insecure,
1558
01:07:37,834 --> 01:07:40,375
and I was not
a cute teenager.
1559
01:07:40,458 --> 01:07:41,917
I'd been a cute kid,
1560
01:07:42,000 --> 01:07:43,875
and I hadn't even realized
that I'd been a cute kid.
1561
01:07:43,959 --> 01:07:45,875
In fact, I didn't like being
told that I was a cute kid
1562
01:07:45,959 --> 01:07:47,500
because I thought it
was condescending.
1563
01:07:47,583 --> 01:07:50,375
I would self-sabotage on
auditions all the time.
1564
01:07:50,458 --> 01:07:52,709
Just didn't wanna go to them.
I felt so desperately insecure.
1565
01:07:52,792 --> 01:07:54,333
I would look at all
the other girls around me,
1566
01:07:54,417 --> 01:07:56,583
which was something that
I'd never done before.
1567
01:07:56,667 --> 01:07:58,583
♪ ♪
1568
01:07:58,667 --> 01:08:02,792
Henry:
I had never felt particularly
great at auditions.
1569
01:08:02,875 --> 01:08:04,375
But now, I was...
1570
01:08:05,166 --> 01:08:06,709
16,
1571
01:08:06,792 --> 01:08:08,875
and I was going into rooms
1572
01:08:08,959 --> 01:08:10,000
where they were expecting
1573
01:08:10,083 --> 01:08:13,917
like, an 11-year-old boy
to walk through sometimes.
1574
01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:17,875
And I remember
being at several, uh...
1575
01:08:18,667 --> 01:08:21,583
meetings and sitting in
the green room, waiting,
1576
01:08:21,667 --> 01:08:25,750
um, and seeing, like,
1577
01:08:25,834 --> 01:08:28,208
a producer walk out,
1578
01:08:28,291 --> 01:08:31,625
and kind of try
to casually, like...
1579
01:08:31,709 --> 01:08:33,583
take a look, and go back,
and then I'd see
1580
01:08:33,667 --> 01:08:36,458
another producer
come out, take a look,
1581
01:08:36,542 --> 01:08:40,291
go back, and then be
five minutes of silence.
1582
01:08:40,375 --> 01:08:44,125
And then a receptionist
would come and say,
1583
01:08:44,208 --> 01:08:45,834
"I'm sorry.
1584
01:08:45,917 --> 01:08:48,417
"You know, they're not
gonna see you today.
1585
01:08:48,500 --> 01:08:50,417
We're-- we rescheduled it."
Blah blah blah.
1586
01:08:50,500 --> 01:08:54,208
And I-I realized quickly,
I was like, "Oh.
1587
01:08:55,500 --> 01:08:57,625
"They-- they're not looking
for teenage me.
1588
01:08:57,709 --> 01:09:01,000
They're looking for,
like, 'E.T.' me."
1589
01:09:02,208 --> 01:09:03,792
Diana:
It's almost as though
1590
01:09:03,875 --> 01:09:06,250
you had ceased to be alive.
1591
01:09:06,333 --> 01:09:10,083
I had the feeling that
I was a senior citizen at 15.
1592
01:09:10,166 --> 01:09:11,625
And it not only happened to m.
1593
01:09:11,709 --> 01:09:13,625
It happened to so
many of the children.
1594
01:09:13,709 --> 01:09:16,583
They were adorable,
they were wanted,
1595
01:09:16,667 --> 01:09:18,625
they were loved one day.
1596
01:09:18,709 --> 01:09:20,667
And almost the very next day,
1597
01:09:20,750 --> 01:09:23,166
just when they were becoming
human beings,
1598
01:09:23,250 --> 01:09:25,834
in a sense,
full adult human beings,
1599
01:09:25,917 --> 01:09:28,458
they were told,
"You're finished."
1600
01:09:28,542 --> 01:09:30,959
-Congratulations.
"Jessie" is nominated.
-Yes.
1601
01:09:31,041 --> 01:09:32,667
That is amazing, and you
guys just wrapped up.
1602
01:09:32,750 --> 01:09:34,709
-So, how was that, like, on set?
How was that?
-Yeah.
1603
01:09:34,792 --> 01:09:36,375
It was sad. It was really sad.
1604
01:09:36,458 --> 01:09:38,834
It was really hard
saying goodbye,
but at the same time,
1605
01:09:38,917 --> 01:09:42,041
we're all moving on to bigger
and better things, hopefully.
1606
01:09:42,125 --> 01:09:44,000
So, it should be
good for all of us,
1607
01:09:44,083 --> 01:09:46,000
and, uh, it was
really sad though
because I--
1608
01:09:46,083 --> 01:09:47,959
we basically
grew up on that stage.
1609
01:09:48,041 --> 01:09:51,542
Cameron:
I think I started to sort
of question everything.
1610
01:09:51,625 --> 01:09:54,709
When people would go,
"Are you gonna go to college?"
1611
01:09:54,792 --> 01:09:56,959
I was like, oh shit. (laughs)
1612
01:09:57,041 --> 01:09:59,000
Um, no? I don't know. I've--
1613
01:09:59,083 --> 01:10:02,834
Like, should I? Right?
I'm, like, confused,
and people are...
1614
01:10:03,125 --> 01:10:05,917
'Cause that's--
But that's society's
plan, right?
1615
01:10:06,792 --> 01:10:09,500
My life was do
two jobs at once.
1616
01:10:09,583 --> 01:10:12,041
-I'm doing school
and I'm working.
-Choreographer: Down, up!
1617
01:10:12,125 --> 01:10:14,375
Cameron: And now,
you know, do I do college?
I don't know.
1618
01:10:14,458 --> 01:10:16,417
Like, why-- why would I?
'Cause I've made money,
1619
01:10:16,500 --> 01:10:18,083
but also that-- that would
be good for me,
1620
01:10:18,166 --> 01:10:20,375
and I don't know anything
about money, and holy shit.
1621
01:10:20,458 --> 01:10:22,500
Then it's just,
like, a spiral of
1622
01:10:22,583 --> 01:10:25,083
you know, okay, what--
Stop. What it is...
1623
01:10:25,166 --> 01:10:28,041
What-- what is it
that I need to do
1624
01:10:28,125 --> 01:10:30,375
to prepare myself
for the real world
1625
01:10:30,458 --> 01:10:32,208
because I wasn't living in it.
1626
01:10:32,291 --> 01:10:33,875
(laughs) This is not real.
1627
01:10:33,959 --> 01:10:35,375
(shutter snapping)
1628
01:10:35,458 --> 01:10:38,667
Milla:
I really got turned off
to the business.
1629
01:10:38,750 --> 01:10:40,542
I mean,
when I was 16,
1630
01:10:40,625 --> 01:10:42,875
"A," I moved out of my house.
1631
01:10:42,959 --> 01:10:44,583
Listen, I was emancipated.
1632
01:10:44,667 --> 01:10:45,750
My mom emancipated me
1633
01:10:45,834 --> 01:10:48,000
so I could work adult hours.
1634
01:10:48,625 --> 01:10:51,583
You can't say anything
about what I do.
1635
01:10:51,667 --> 01:10:54,458
I have my own money.
I'm gonna move out.
1636
01:10:54,542 --> 01:10:56,417
I went and got married.
1637
01:10:56,500 --> 01:10:58,625
I, like, full on...
1638
01:10:58,709 --> 01:11:00,417
just kind of went crazy.
1639
01:11:00,500 --> 01:11:02,417
And I understand right now
you're kind of in a tough time.
1640
01:11:02,500 --> 01:11:05,041
You actually don't have
a place to stay right now,
is that true?
1641
01:11:05,125 --> 01:11:06,375
-No...
-So you have no place to live.
1642
01:11:06,458 --> 01:11:07,709
Where's all your
stuff right now?
1643
01:11:07,792 --> 01:11:10,583
It's at JFK.
(laughs) In storage.
1644
01:11:10,667 --> 01:11:13,041
-Really? It's in storage at JFK?
-Yeah. I've got about...
1645
01:11:13,125 --> 01:11:15,834
-15 boxes.
-What's in the boxes?
1646
01:11:16,208 --> 01:11:18,125
Um, well, candlesticks,
1647
01:11:18,208 --> 01:11:21,583
-books, uh, picture frames,
you know, stuff.
-Right.
1648
01:11:21,667 --> 01:11:24,250
-So you just pick--
-A lot of Carltons.
1649
01:11:24,333 --> 01:11:26,750
-(grunts) No.
-A lot of cigarettes...
1650
01:11:26,834 --> 01:11:28,375
Milla:
I did feel like
1651
01:11:28,834 --> 01:11:31,500
I had kind of a bad
start in this industry,
1652
01:11:31,583 --> 01:11:34,458
and I knew that I wanted
to be an artist.
1653
01:11:34,542 --> 01:11:37,709
Um, I knew I had a voice
and I had something to say.
1654
01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:40,667
After I turned 18,
1655
01:11:40,750 --> 01:11:43,458
and there were no signs
of anything slowing down,
1656
01:11:43,542 --> 01:11:47,500
and I had done the film
"Thirteen" when I was 14,
1657
01:11:47,583 --> 01:11:50,959
right on the verge
of becoming a woman,
1658
01:11:51,041 --> 01:11:53,834
and I was--
all eyes were on me,
1659
01:11:53,917 --> 01:11:57,166
and at that point, there was
a tremendous amount of pressure
1660
01:11:57,250 --> 01:11:59,000
of what I needed to be
1661
01:11:59,083 --> 01:12:01,083
in order to be successful.
1662
01:12:01,166 --> 01:12:02,583
And a lot of it went against
1663
01:12:02,667 --> 01:12:05,875
who I really was,
and who I felt I really was.
1664
01:12:06,583 --> 01:12:08,208
Right, stay there.
1665
01:12:09,125 --> 01:12:10,208
Just, uh...
1666
01:12:11,250 --> 01:12:13,500
Evan:
When I hit my early 20s,
I just realized,
1667
01:12:13,583 --> 01:12:15,667
"Oh, I have no life skills."
1668
01:12:15,750 --> 01:12:18,375
I know how to be
a really successful actor
1669
01:12:18,458 --> 01:12:20,917
and do really great work,
and that's about it.
1670
01:12:21,208 --> 01:12:23,500
And it all kinda came
crashing down on me at once,
1671
01:12:23,583 --> 01:12:25,709
and I short-circuited.
1672
01:12:25,792 --> 01:12:28,875
And I also was left
with the question of,
1673
01:12:28,959 --> 01:12:31,834
"Is this even really who
I am and what I wanna do?"
1674
01:12:31,917 --> 01:12:33,792
And what happens if I walk away?
1675
01:12:33,875 --> 01:12:36,625
Narrator:
Born after the original
series went off the air,
1676
01:12:36,709 --> 01:12:38,834
Wil Wheaton,
the youngest member
of the cast
1677
01:12:38,917 --> 01:12:40,709
of "Star Trek:
The Next Generation,"
1678
01:12:40,792 --> 01:12:42,375
considers himself,
without a doubt,
1679
01:12:42,458 --> 01:12:43,875
to be a fan.
1680
01:12:43,959 --> 01:12:46,542
The people from "Star Trek"
reach out to my agent,
1681
01:12:46,625 --> 01:12:49,709
and she sent me on the audition,
1682
01:12:49,792 --> 01:12:51,166
and I booked the job.
1683
01:12:52,291 --> 01:12:55,166
Sir, I know this may finish me
as an acting ensign,
1684
01:12:55,250 --> 01:12:57,041
-but--
-Shut up, Wesley!
1685
01:12:57,125 --> 01:12:59,542
Everything that I have said
would've been listened to
1686
01:12:59,625 --> 01:13:01,291
if it came from
an adult officer.
1687
01:13:01,792 --> 01:13:03,875
Wil:
Generally,
young men were furious
1688
01:13:03,959 --> 01:13:05,709
that there was
another young man
1689
01:13:05,792 --> 01:13:08,333
on their science fiction
television show.
1690
01:13:08,750 --> 01:13:10,500
A hundred million words
have been written about that.
1691
01:13:10,583 --> 01:13:12,583
I don't need to
go over it again.
1692
01:13:12,667 --> 01:13:15,667
It was like being told this
thing that you spend all day,
1693
01:13:15,750 --> 01:13:18,333
every day, working on
instead of being kid,
1694
01:13:18,417 --> 01:13:21,250
it doesn't matter,
and we hate you for it.
1695
01:13:21,500 --> 01:13:23,166
And then, I turned 18.
1696
01:13:23,250 --> 01:13:25,709
I was an adult.
I could make my own decisions.
1697
01:13:25,792 --> 01:13:27,333
And I had this revelation.
1698
01:13:27,417 --> 01:13:29,166
"Oh, I don't have to do
this if I don't want to."
1699
01:13:29,250 --> 01:13:31,458
I don't have to do this thing
1700
01:13:31,542 --> 01:13:34,709
that means more to my mom
than it does to me.
1701
01:13:34,792 --> 01:13:36,458
I can go live my life.
1702
01:13:36,542 --> 01:13:38,542
I can be my own person,
1703
01:13:38,625 --> 01:13:41,959
-and I just kinda
walked away.
-There.
1704
01:13:42,500 --> 01:13:44,375
What do you think
of that, huh?
1705
01:13:44,458 --> 01:13:46,250
I think your mom
is gonna kill you.
1706
01:13:46,333 --> 01:13:48,417
My mom? She hasn't
been in here
1707
01:13:48,500 --> 01:13:50,542
-since I was six.
-(scoffs)
1708
01:13:50,625 --> 01:13:54,625
I understand why young people
who aren't ready for it,
1709
01:13:54,709 --> 01:13:58,417
and I really don't know
of a young kid who
is ready for it,
1710
01:13:58,500 --> 01:14:00,875
get resentful
and get self-destructive,
1711
01:14:00,959 --> 01:14:04,417
and-- and, like, start engaging
in dangerous behavior
1712
01:14:04,500 --> 01:14:06,709
because they feel
so out of control.
1713
01:14:06,792 --> 01:14:08,959
-I'm looking for a job.
-Hey, man, everybody's
coming in here
1714
01:14:09,041 --> 01:14:11,750
asking me for a job.
What am I supposed to do?
1715
01:14:11,834 --> 01:14:14,583
Todd:
The transition for most kids
when you transition from that
1716
01:14:14,667 --> 01:14:16,834
is you have to
transition into adulthood
1717
01:14:16,917 --> 01:14:18,125
and hope that you
continue to work,
1718
01:14:18,208 --> 01:14:19,500
but, for me,
1719
01:14:19,583 --> 01:14:21,250
I could've made that
transition very well,
1720
01:14:21,333 --> 01:14:23,959
but I made it more difficult
on me than it should've been.
1721
01:14:24,041 --> 01:14:27,625
When did it start
to-to go sour for you?
1722
01:14:27,709 --> 01:14:29,792
Well, it's when
I lost my self-esteem
1723
01:14:29,875 --> 01:14:31,625
and I lost my dignity
1724
01:14:31,709 --> 01:14:33,959
inside of myself,
and I lost my, virtually,
1725
01:14:34,041 --> 01:14:35,834
you know, I lost myself.
1726
01:14:35,917 --> 01:14:37,250
So, how'd you
respond to that?
1727
01:14:37,583 --> 01:14:40,125
I re-- I responded to it very
negatively, evidently.
1728
01:14:40,208 --> 01:14:43,458
I ended up getting myself
in a little bit of trouble.
1729
01:14:43,542 --> 01:14:45,792
-You wanna detail it?
-Well, in trouble by using drugs
1730
01:14:45,875 --> 01:14:47,667
and doing things that
I shouldn't have been doing.
1731
01:14:49,542 --> 01:14:51,792
Juror:
We the jury,
in the above entitled action,
1732
01:14:51,875 --> 01:14:55,333
find the defendant,
Todd Anthony Bridges, not guilty
1733
01:14:55,417 --> 01:14:59,000
of simple assault in violation
of penal code section 240...
1734
01:14:59,083 --> 01:15:02,792
(continues indistinctly)
1735
01:15:05,709 --> 01:15:08,000
Wasn't there a time
where you actually
went to his house, Betty?
1736
01:15:08,083 --> 01:15:10,834
-Yes.
-And there you were.
You went to his house.
1737
01:15:10,917 --> 01:15:13,542
-Oprah: You were all
dressed in black...
-He nailed me out.
1738
01:15:13,625 --> 01:15:15,166
-And you were all
dressed in black,
-Betty: Mm-hmm.
1739
01:15:15,250 --> 01:15:17,333
And you said,
"I'm wearing black because..."
1740
01:15:17,417 --> 01:15:19,333
I know you're gonna die.
1741
01:15:19,417 --> 01:15:21,834
And I nail-- And he nailed me
out of his house.
1742
01:15:21,917 --> 01:15:23,166
He wouldn't let me in.
1743
01:15:23,250 --> 01:15:27,500
He actually took
furniture and nailed me
out of the house.
1744
01:15:27,583 --> 01:15:30,041
Todd: For me,
I always thought everything
was supposed to be fair.
1745
01:15:30,125 --> 01:15:31,834
Like, everything's just
supposed to be--
well, it has to be fair,
1746
01:15:31,917 --> 01:15:33,000
but it just wasn't.
1747
01:15:33,083 --> 01:15:35,333
And that's things you learn
growing up as a child.
1748
01:15:35,417 --> 01:15:37,709
That you learn things
just aren't fair, you know.
1749
01:15:37,792 --> 01:15:39,542
(laughs) It's not going to be.
1750
01:15:39,625 --> 01:15:41,500
From TV star to drug addict,
1751
01:15:41,583 --> 01:15:43,333
it's Dana Plato's last chance.
1752
01:15:43,417 --> 01:15:45,000
Just one month ago,
1753
01:15:45,083 --> 01:15:47,667
former "Diff'rent Strokes"
star Dana Plato told us
1754
01:15:47,750 --> 01:15:49,542
she was getting her
life back together.
1755
01:15:49,625 --> 01:15:51,750
Now, she's been
hauled back into court
1756
01:15:51,834 --> 01:15:52,959
with a judge threatening,
1757
01:15:53,041 --> 01:15:56,333
"One more mistake,
and it's behind bars for good"
1758
01:15:56,959 --> 01:15:58,917
Todd:
Poor Dana. You know,
to get people to believe that,
1759
01:15:59,000 --> 01:16:01,208
"Oh, you just threw
your life away."
It's like, "Oh yeah,
1760
01:16:01,291 --> 01:16:03,083
"I chose to throw my life away.
Let me just throw my life--
1761
01:16:03,166 --> 01:16:04,875
I'm gonna throw everything
I worked for away today."
1762
01:16:04,959 --> 01:16:07,208
No one chooses that.
It's something that happens,
1763
01:16:07,291 --> 01:16:08,750
and then, you know,
it's a tough journey,
1764
01:16:08,834 --> 01:16:10,333
and Dana had a hard journey.
1765
01:16:11,792 --> 01:16:13,041
Howard Stern:
What can I tell you, Dana?
1766
01:16:13,125 --> 01:16:15,333
-You're controversial,
evidently.
- (Dana laughs)
1767
01:16:15,417 --> 01:16:18,083
Robin Quivers:
Are you sorry that
you were a child actress?
1768
01:16:18,166 --> 01:16:20,417
Dana:
No, see, you know, that--
that term really bothers me.
1769
01:16:20,500 --> 01:16:24,125
I think a child actress
is someone who only has it
when they're little and cute.
1770
01:16:24,208 --> 01:16:26,375
You know? I'm better now
than I ever have been.
1771
01:16:26,458 --> 01:16:28,375
-Howard: Acting-wise? Yes.
-Dana: And I get better--
Yeah.
1772
01:16:28,458 --> 01:16:30,417
I get better all the time.
The fire's still in there.
1773
01:16:30,500 --> 01:16:32,625
-Howard: It is?
So, you enjoy it?
-Dana: Yes. I'm an actress.
1774
01:16:32,709 --> 01:16:34,542
I consider myself an actor,
1775
01:16:34,625 --> 01:16:36,458
-not a child star.
-Howard: Right.
1776
01:16:36,542 --> 01:16:38,083
-Dana: That really
bothers me a lot
-Howard: Why?
1777
01:16:38,166 --> 01:16:39,917
Dana:
Because I never was
young and cute, you know?
1778
01:16:40,000 --> 01:16:41,959
(laughs) I got cute as
I got older, maybe, you know,
1779
01:16:42,041 --> 01:16:44,834
but no really, I think it's
something that it burns withi.
1780
01:16:50,166 --> 01:16:52,250
You know, we all had our share
of things we went through,
1781
01:16:52,333 --> 01:16:54,083
but I think for Gary,
it was a lot tougher
1782
01:16:54,166 --> 01:16:56,625
because he was also ill
while he was working.
1783
01:16:57,625 --> 01:17:00,125
Sometimes when he was working,
we didn't think he should be
working at the time,
1784
01:17:00,208 --> 01:17:01,625
but, you know,
can't say what the parents
1785
01:17:01,709 --> 01:17:03,458
are gonna do
and that's up to them.
1786
01:17:03,542 --> 01:17:06,417
If you did, you wouldn't
have done this!
1787
01:17:06,500 --> 01:17:08,000
Todd:
I couldn't imagine being--
1788
01:17:08,083 --> 01:17:10,125
like, he had just had a kidney
transplant at one time,
1789
01:17:10,208 --> 01:17:12,500
and then he was back on
the set, like, a day later.
1790
01:17:12,583 --> 01:17:14,834
And, um,
that's why for a while,
1791
01:17:14,917 --> 01:17:16,834
he really resented the show.
1792
01:17:16,917 --> 01:17:19,709
It was because he was made
to work when he was sick.
1793
01:17:20,750 --> 01:17:23,917
Terry Moran:
The death of a child star,
Gary Coleman,
1794
01:17:24,000 --> 01:17:26,333
who, as a boy, provided
so much amusement,
1795
01:17:26,417 --> 01:17:28,959
so many laughs on the hit
show "Diff'rent Strokes"
1796
01:17:29,041 --> 01:17:30,542
died today.
1797
01:17:31,667 --> 01:17:33,125
Todd:
My phone rang
and I picked it up
1798
01:17:33,208 --> 01:17:34,458
and found out
he had passed away.
1799
01:17:34,542 --> 01:17:36,625
You know, the interesting
part is realizing that
1800
01:17:36,709 --> 01:17:37,917
the person they thought
would not be here
1801
01:17:38,000 --> 01:17:41,291
is actually the last person
standing, which is kinda weird.
1802
01:17:42,875 --> 01:17:45,667
It's 7:33 now.
An autopsy later today
1803
01:17:45,750 --> 01:17:47,834
will determine
the exact cause of death
1804
01:17:47,917 --> 01:17:51,041
of one of Hollywood's
rising stars, River Phoenix.
1805
01:17:51,125 --> 01:17:53,542
Today's "New York Daily News"
quotes a paramedic who said
1806
01:17:53,625 --> 01:17:56,375
that the actor collapsed
with all of the signs
1807
01:17:56,458 --> 01:17:58,125
of a cocaine reaction.
1808
01:17:58,542 --> 01:18:00,375
Anchor:
It happened outside
the Viper Room,
1809
01:18:00,458 --> 01:18:02,959
a popular West Hollywood
night spot.
1810
01:18:03,041 --> 01:18:05,083
(siren wailing)
1811
01:18:13,291 --> 01:18:15,625
Went out the door and, um,
1812
01:18:16,417 --> 01:18:18,458
the paramedics were...
1813
01:18:19,917 --> 01:18:21,542
uh, working on him.
1814
01:18:22,417 --> 01:18:24,875
This young man,
and I didn't, uh,
1815
01:18:24,959 --> 01:18:27,500
I didn't know at the time
that it was River.
1816
01:18:28,083 --> 01:18:29,709
The, uh...
1817
01:18:29,792 --> 01:18:32,250
media wouldn't let
not only River rest,
1818
01:18:32,333 --> 01:18:33,709
but they wouldn't
let his family rest.
1819
01:18:33,792 --> 01:18:36,834
-(quiet chatter)
-(siren wailing in distance)
1820
01:18:40,667 --> 01:18:42,458
River and I were real close.
1821
01:18:43,667 --> 01:18:45,875
He was a year and a half
older than me,
1822
01:18:45,959 --> 01:18:48,750
but he was like
an older brother
who I looked up to.
1823
01:18:49,125 --> 01:18:50,333
I'll see ya.
1824
01:18:50,417 --> 01:18:52,458
Not if I see you first.
1825
01:18:54,959 --> 01:18:56,709
Wil:
I looked up to him
as a person,
1826
01:18:56,792 --> 01:18:58,000
I looked up to him
as an actor,
1827
01:18:58,083 --> 01:19:00,792
and I just treasured
him as a friend.
1828
01:19:03,750 --> 01:19:05,667
And then, around
the time that I was...
1829
01:19:06,875 --> 01:19:08,792
15 or 16,
1830
01:19:10,166 --> 01:19:13,709
he was kind of
experimenting with drugs.
1831
01:19:14,709 --> 01:19:18,291
And River and I began to sort
of drift apart from each othe.
1832
01:19:19,500 --> 01:19:22,583
Which really made me sad,
but I remember thinking like,
1833
01:19:22,667 --> 01:19:25,041
you know, when he's done with
this, we'll be friends again.
1834
01:19:25,125 --> 01:19:27,458
♪ ♪
1835
01:19:27,542 --> 01:19:29,875
By the time River died,
1836
01:19:30,500 --> 01:19:34,458
I hadn't talked to him for,
gosh, a couple of years,
1837
01:19:35,208 --> 01:19:37,375
and I couldn't believe
it had happened.
1838
01:19:37,458 --> 01:19:41,250
And I was,
and remain, so angry
1839
01:19:41,333 --> 01:19:43,083
at the predatory
people around him
1840
01:19:43,166 --> 01:19:44,917
who didn't try to
help him.
1841
01:19:45,000 --> 01:19:47,333
And I know addicts
are responsible
for their own behavior,
1842
01:19:47,417 --> 01:19:49,792
and I know that,
that it is, you know,
1843
01:19:49,875 --> 01:19:52,083
it's important to, like,
hold people responsible
1844
01:19:52,166 --> 01:19:54,208
for the choices that they make.
1845
01:19:54,917 --> 01:19:56,792
But we also need
help in our lives,
1846
01:19:56,875 --> 01:19:58,583
and we need people
to look out for us,
1847
01:19:58,667 --> 01:20:00,917
and I don't think there was
anybody looking out for him.
1848
01:20:02,375 --> 01:20:04,917
♪ This talk is cheap ♪
1849
01:20:05,875 --> 01:20:08,834
Milla:
I think that's one of
the sort of pitfalls
1850
01:20:08,917 --> 01:20:11,500
of being a kid in
the entertainment business.
1851
01:20:11,583 --> 01:20:14,291
It's so hard to, like,
go from being a kid actor
1852
01:20:14,375 --> 01:20:16,000
to being, like,
an adult artist.
1853
01:20:16,333 --> 01:20:19,834
♪ I don't know
how to trust you ♪
1854
01:20:19,917 --> 01:20:22,959
I stopped modeling.
I stopped acting.
1855
01:20:23,041 --> 01:20:26,583
I went to Europe.
I recorded a record.
1856
01:20:26,667 --> 01:20:28,542
At the time, I really
thought it was music
1857
01:20:28,625 --> 01:20:32,333
that I was gonna be able to
leave my mark on the world with.
1858
01:20:32,417 --> 01:20:35,500
The big turning point for me,
on so many levels,
1859
01:20:35,583 --> 01:20:37,125
but especially as an actress,
1860
01:20:37,208 --> 01:20:39,291
because I had kind of
written it all off,
1861
01:20:39,375 --> 01:20:41,959
was, um, getting
"The Fifth Element."
1862
01:20:42,041 --> 01:20:45,125
♪ ♪
1863
01:20:45,208 --> 01:20:46,625
I was 19.
1864
01:20:46,709 --> 01:20:49,458
You know, to access
a character like Leeloo
1865
01:20:49,542 --> 01:20:52,667
that's kind of--
there was no reference point.
1866
01:20:52,750 --> 01:20:54,291
She was kind of brand new
1867
01:20:54,375 --> 01:20:55,917
and came out of nowhere.
1868
01:20:57,083 --> 01:20:58,333
So it was, like, very tricky.
1869
01:20:58,417 --> 01:21:00,500
Like, who is she
and how to find her.
1870
01:21:00,583 --> 01:21:02,083
Hi.
1871
01:21:03,417 --> 01:21:06,000
Milla:
Of course, when I-- when
I did "The Fifth Element,"
1872
01:21:06,083 --> 01:21:08,792
it suddenly gave me this
feeling of control that
1873
01:21:09,250 --> 01:21:12,750
I had a talent and that I--
1874
01:21:12,834 --> 01:21:15,667
I knew how to...
1875
01:21:15,750 --> 01:21:17,417
access it, in a way.
1876
01:21:18,125 --> 01:21:20,875
And not all the time. I mean,
sometimes more than others,
1877
01:21:20,959 --> 01:21:23,208
and, you know,
that's where you go
through your journey
1878
01:21:23,291 --> 01:21:26,166
of kind of understanding,
like, what scripts
speak to you
1879
01:21:26,250 --> 01:21:28,375
when you just feel like, ooh,
I can do something with this.
1880
01:21:28,458 --> 01:21:30,208
Like, it feels natural.
You know,
1881
01:21:30,291 --> 01:21:32,709
or on the other hand,
wow, this feels so crazy.
1882
01:21:32,792 --> 01:21:34,875
Like, I want--
it's a challenge.
1883
01:21:34,959 --> 01:21:36,667
Like now, you know,
you get excited
1884
01:21:36,750 --> 01:21:38,375
by things that you've
never done before.
1885
01:21:38,458 --> 01:21:41,083
-Director: Cut!
-(laughter, applause)
1886
01:21:41,166 --> 01:21:42,917
But, you know, at the time,
1887
01:21:43,000 --> 01:21:45,750
you know, it was difficult
becoming a teenager
1888
01:21:45,834 --> 01:21:47,250
and having that confidence.
1889
01:21:47,333 --> 01:21:50,583
Like, I had no confidence
as a teenager.
1890
01:21:50,667 --> 01:21:53,333
You know, it was definitely like
a "fake it till you make it."
1891
01:21:53,875 --> 01:21:56,417
Luc Besson said to me,
1892
01:21:56,500 --> 01:21:57,875
"You know, look at it
this way.
1893
01:21:57,959 --> 01:22:01,291
"Like, your mother
is like an expert table-maker.
1894
01:22:01,375 --> 01:22:04,959
"She makes the most
amazing tables ever,
1895
01:22:05,041 --> 01:22:06,583
"but you...
1896
01:22:06,667 --> 01:22:08,417
You make great chairs."
1897
01:22:08,500 --> 01:22:10,875
(laughter)
1898
01:22:10,959 --> 01:22:12,542
And I was like, yeah.
1899
01:22:12,625 --> 01:22:15,125
I like that.
It's true, you know?
1900
01:22:15,208 --> 01:22:18,417
And it was interesting
to be able to help me
1901
01:22:18,500 --> 01:22:21,291
kind of appreciate my mother,
1902
01:22:21,375 --> 01:22:25,041
but also separate
and appreciate myself, too.
1903
01:22:26,375 --> 01:22:27,792
-(applause)
-Now with Mara Wilson.
1904
01:22:27,875 --> 01:22:30,583
You undoubtedly know
her from "Mrs. Doubtfire,"
1905
01:22:30,667 --> 01:22:32,750
"Matilda,"
many other movies.
1906
01:22:32,834 --> 01:22:35,667
She's now revealing though
the ups and downs
of childhood stardom
1907
01:22:35,750 --> 01:22:38,125
in her new book,
"Where Am I Now?"
1908
01:22:38,208 --> 01:22:40,291
Mara:
It wasn't really
until I was in my 20s
1909
01:22:40,375 --> 01:22:42,959
and I was doing other
things that I could finally
1910
01:22:43,041 --> 01:22:44,583
make peace with it.
1911
01:22:44,667 --> 01:22:45,917
And, eventually,
1912
01:22:46,000 --> 01:22:48,458
I ended up writing
a book about my life.
1913
01:22:48,542 --> 01:22:51,291
And I knew, I'd always known
that I wanted to do that.
1914
01:22:51,375 --> 01:22:53,125
I understand you're
thinking about becoming
1915
01:22:53,208 --> 01:22:55,542
-a screenwriter. A scriptwriter.
-Scriptwriter.
1916
01:22:55,875 --> 01:22:58,083
You wrote a piece
that was picked up
in "The Huffington Post."
1917
01:22:58,166 --> 01:23:01,291
-Mm-hmm.
-And it really was
about childhood fame,
1918
01:23:01,375 --> 01:23:03,417
-and in it...
-Mara: There's a lot
that I still want to do,
1919
01:23:03,500 --> 01:23:05,834
and I'm not limiting myself,
I think, into it,
1920
01:23:05,917 --> 01:23:09,417
but for many reasons,
I probably won't be,
you know, a screen actor,
1921
01:23:09,500 --> 01:23:12,291
you know,
a big star like that,
ever again.
1922
01:23:12,375 --> 01:23:15,125
And I'm okay with that.
I mean, I have this...
1923
01:23:15,208 --> 01:23:17,500
I have a very devoted fan group,
and that's nice.
1924
01:23:17,583 --> 01:23:21,166
I haven't done a Disney
project in over a year now.
1925
01:23:21,250 --> 01:23:23,500
The people who
watch me are still,
1926
01:23:23,583 --> 01:23:25,000
a lot of the times,
really young.
1927
01:23:25,083 --> 01:23:27,125
I still wanna be
a good example,
and I still wanna--
1928
01:23:27,208 --> 01:23:29,542
But at the same time, right now,
I'm doing a show about porn.
1929
01:23:29,625 --> 01:23:31,875
And, like,
I love that shit.
Like, I'm--
1930
01:23:31,959 --> 01:23:33,792
That's what I'm
supposed to be doing.
1931
01:23:33,875 --> 01:23:36,500
I'm an actor,
and I wanna do cool stuff.
1932
01:23:36,583 --> 01:23:38,709
So, it's a weird balance, like,
1933
01:23:38,792 --> 01:23:41,291
when you are...
1934
01:23:41,375 --> 01:23:43,166
trying to break
out of something,
1935
01:23:43,250 --> 01:23:44,583
but I also feel the
responsibility of being
1936
01:23:44,667 --> 01:23:48,041
an example for these kids,
and I take that seriously,
you know?
1937
01:23:48,917 --> 01:23:51,333
How do I marry what
I'm actually doing
1938
01:23:51,417 --> 01:23:52,667
and what I actually
wanna be doing
1939
01:23:52,750 --> 01:23:55,542
with what people
wanna see from me
1940
01:23:55,625 --> 01:23:58,542
and what people
expect of me, um,
1941
01:23:58,625 --> 01:24:00,917
and those two things
are not the same.
1942
01:24:01,000 --> 01:24:04,041
-(set chatter)
-Man: Show me minimum focus.
1943
01:24:04,125 --> 01:24:05,875
Directors:
Action!
1944
01:24:05,959 --> 01:24:07,417
Evan:
I'm just gonna go ahead
and say
1945
01:24:07,500 --> 01:24:08,792
I was bred to do this.
1946
01:24:08,875 --> 01:24:11,709
It was about good work,
and it was about working
with good people,
1947
01:24:11,792 --> 01:24:14,000
but it was also about
saying something
1948
01:24:14,083 --> 01:24:17,166
about something that you
believed in, or moving people.
1949
01:24:17,959 --> 01:24:20,375
And it's one of
the reasons why I did
films like "Thirteen,"
1950
01:24:20,458 --> 01:24:23,375
and why my parents
allowed me to do
films like that
1951
01:24:23,458 --> 01:24:25,750
because they
understood the value of
1952
01:24:25,834 --> 01:24:27,208
showing something that was real
1953
01:24:27,291 --> 01:24:29,000
that a lot of people
don't wanna look at.
1954
01:24:29,083 --> 01:24:34,000
And that's absolutely
carried over into
my activism.
1955
01:24:34,083 --> 01:24:36,709
I now recognize our first
witness. We'll go in this order.
1956
01:24:36,792 --> 01:24:38,750
Ms. Wood, if you would,
thank you.
1957
01:24:38,834 --> 01:24:41,250
I'm here today to use my
position as an artist, survivor,
1958
01:24:41,333 --> 01:24:44,083
mother, and advocate to bring
a human voice to the population
1959
01:24:44,166 --> 01:24:46,750
of 25 million
survivors in the US
1960
01:24:46,834 --> 01:24:49,125
who are currently experiencing
inequality under the law,
1961
01:24:49,208 --> 01:24:51,417
and who desperately need
basic civil rights.
1962
01:24:51,500 --> 01:24:55,417
We need to pass the
Sexual Assault Survivor
Bill of Rights in all 50 states.
1963
01:24:55,500 --> 01:24:57,208
We've done this in nine so far,
1964
01:24:57,291 --> 01:25:00,417
and it's our job to
make sure that survivors
in the remaining 41
1965
01:25:00,500 --> 01:25:02,583
are treated with the same
humanity and dignity.
1966
01:25:02,667 --> 01:25:06,375
And this is called progress
and it starts here. Thank you.
1967
01:25:06,834 --> 01:25:10,250
I gave up my childhood
for this industry,
1968
01:25:10,333 --> 01:25:12,417
and it wasn't my choice.
Right?
1969
01:25:12,500 --> 01:25:15,083
I mean, it is what it is.
I really like my life.
1970
01:25:15,166 --> 01:25:16,750
I have a really good life.
1971
01:25:16,834 --> 01:25:18,458
"Your friend, Wil Wheaton."
1972
01:25:19,542 --> 01:25:22,417
It's my last one.
I want you to have it.
1973
01:25:24,542 --> 01:25:27,917
-Look, everyone!
Wil Wheaton is my friend!
-(laughter)
1974
01:25:28,417 --> 01:25:30,458
Wil:
I have an amazing family,
1975
01:25:30,542 --> 01:25:32,792
and I am a successful writer,
1976
01:25:32,875 --> 01:25:35,625
and-- and, like, I'm good
at being an actor.
1977
01:25:35,709 --> 01:25:37,125
It's not my first choice.
1978
01:25:37,208 --> 01:25:38,834
It's not, like, what
gets me out of bed,
1979
01:25:38,917 --> 01:25:40,750
but when someone's like,
"We need an actor for this,"
1980
01:25:40,834 --> 01:25:42,834
I'm like, "I can do that."
Right? (laughs)
1981
01:25:42,917 --> 01:25:46,000
I just developed
that skill, you know?
1982
01:25:46,083 --> 01:25:48,291
But when I tried to talk
to my parents about it,
1983
01:25:48,375 --> 01:25:50,417
and tried to...
1984
01:25:51,375 --> 01:25:53,959
express how I felt,
1985
01:25:54,041 --> 01:25:56,458
and-- and express
my sense of loss
1986
01:25:56,542 --> 01:25:58,709
and express my sense of...
1987
01:25:59,542 --> 01:26:02,083
not having...
1988
01:26:02,750 --> 01:26:05,291
not having these things
that I wanted and needed,
1989
01:26:05,375 --> 01:26:06,917
they weren't able to hear it.
1990
01:26:08,125 --> 01:26:10,208
(birds chirping)
1991
01:26:13,792 --> 01:26:16,667
Melanie:
As a mother, it almost
makes me feel like
1992
01:26:16,750 --> 01:26:18,542
did I not do
something right?
1993
01:26:18,625 --> 01:26:21,333
Or why didn't
I think to do that,
1994
01:26:21,417 --> 01:26:23,542
as far as Marc's
career is concerned.
1995
01:26:23,625 --> 01:26:25,500
She always does
everything right.
1996
01:26:25,583 --> 01:26:27,333
(laughs) Thanks.
1997
01:26:27,417 --> 01:26:28,709
To you, I hope so.
1998
01:26:28,792 --> 01:26:31,166
But it, it does
make you think.
1999
01:26:31,250 --> 01:26:34,041
Could I have gone
that extra mile as a mom
2000
01:26:34,125 --> 01:26:38,208
to maybe get him seen
by somebody.
2001
01:26:38,291 --> 01:26:41,625
But we still, we're gonna do
pilot season again next year,
2002
01:26:41,709 --> 01:26:43,834
and depending on how that goes,
2003
01:26:43,917 --> 01:26:47,166
we possibly could do
episodic season in the fall.
2004
01:26:47,250 --> 01:26:49,500
It's really more
about persistence
2005
01:26:49,583 --> 01:26:52,041
than it is about
being lucky, you know.
2006
01:26:52,125 --> 01:26:53,542
Everybody else
thinks it's lucky
2007
01:26:53,625 --> 01:26:56,208
until you've actually been
there, and then it's just,
2008
01:26:56,291 --> 01:26:58,375
you know,
one really good day
2009
01:26:58,458 --> 01:27:00,542
after a lot of
days of hard work.
2010
01:27:00,625 --> 01:27:01,625
Mmm.
2011
01:27:02,625 --> 01:27:05,625
(street chatter)
2012
01:27:08,667 --> 01:27:10,208
Hello, Erin?
2013
01:27:10,291 --> 01:27:12,291
-Erin (on phone): Yeah?
-Is there any homework?
2014
01:27:13,500 --> 01:27:15,458
Interviewer:
So you said you wanted
to go to summer camp.
2015
01:27:16,417 --> 01:27:18,542
-Did you get to go?
-Yeah, no.
2016
01:27:18,625 --> 01:27:20,041
-No.
-Were you disappointed?
2017
01:27:20,125 --> 01:27:22,917
A little bit. A little bit
'cause most of my friends
2018
01:27:23,000 --> 01:27:25,000
are going to sleepaway
camp for the whole summer.
2019
01:27:26,125 --> 01:27:28,750
But, I've been auditioning
over the summer.
2020
01:27:28,834 --> 01:27:31,250
I really just really,
really, really wanna
2021
01:27:31,333 --> 01:27:34,917
become a well-known actress
and really get my, you know.
2022
01:27:35,000 --> 01:27:36,458
When I was little,
I used to always want
2023
01:27:36,542 --> 01:27:38,583
my name on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2024
01:27:38,667 --> 01:27:40,917
I used to be like,
"I want my name to be
on one of the stars,"
2025
01:27:41,000 --> 01:27:42,875
so that's something
I really wanna do.
2026
01:27:42,959 --> 01:27:46,083
I wanna become, like, a legacy
and inspire other people
2027
01:27:46,166 --> 01:27:47,875
to do what they love.
2028
01:27:47,959 --> 01:27:49,917
That's my deepest dream,
2029
01:27:50,000 --> 01:27:52,000
to do something
for someone else.
2030
01:27:53,625 --> 01:27:55,917
You face Roscoe!
I'll face...
2031
01:27:56,000 --> 01:27:58,208
-I'll face this guy.
-(children chattering)
2032
01:27:58,291 --> 01:28:00,250
Three, two, one! (exclaims)
2033
01:28:00,333 --> 01:28:02,417
(toys rattling)
2034
01:28:02,500 --> 01:28:05,792
-And rip!
-Gary Coleman:
If someone had told me
2035
01:28:05,875 --> 01:28:08,166
that, uh, my life
2036
01:28:08,250 --> 01:28:11,625
would've been like
this early enough
where I coulda got out,
2037
01:28:11,709 --> 01:28:13,125
I woulda got out.
I'd say, uh, no.
2038
01:28:13,208 --> 01:28:15,333
Have a normal life,
2039
01:28:15,417 --> 01:28:17,917
-and have friends.
-(chattering)
2040
01:28:18,000 --> 01:28:20,625
It's a half kid because
I still think about that.
2041
01:28:20,709 --> 01:28:23,083
That's something that
I fantasize about.
2042
01:28:23,166 --> 01:28:26,250
♪ ♪
2043
01:28:26,875 --> 01:28:30,792
I find it very... scary,
2044
01:28:30,875 --> 01:28:33,208
and I would
not want my kids
2045
01:28:33,875 --> 01:28:37,709
to pursue a career
as a-- as a child.
2046
01:28:38,542 --> 01:28:41,583
'Cause I just find that it's
so disruptive, you know?
2047
01:28:41,667 --> 01:28:44,667
-Milla: Yes, my love.
-My toe hurts.
2048
01:28:44,750 --> 01:28:47,750
Milla:
Your toe hurts.
What part of your toe hurts?
2049
01:28:47,834 --> 01:28:50,000
My daughter, my eldest,
2050
01:28:50,083 --> 01:28:52,625
who's now 11, when
she was four years old,
2051
01:28:52,709 --> 01:28:56,291
she said, "Mommy,
I wanna be on TV."
2052
01:28:56,375 --> 01:28:59,834
My instincts are going,
"You think you want this,
2053
01:28:59,917 --> 01:29:02,917
"but if I allow you to do this,
2054
01:29:03,875 --> 01:29:05,208
you're not gonna like it."
2055
01:29:06,750 --> 01:29:09,500
I don't know.
I guess it really is one
of those things where, like,
2056
01:29:09,583 --> 01:29:13,959
she wants to be an actress,
and I wanna help her
do what she loves to do
2057
01:29:14,041 --> 01:29:17,375
because she's really got
a natural ability for it.
2058
01:29:17,458 --> 01:29:19,458
But, you're young.
You don't need to, like,
2059
01:29:19,542 --> 01:29:21,458
do a bunch
of movies right now.
2060
01:29:21,542 --> 01:29:23,834
Like, what you need
right now is to
2061
01:29:23,917 --> 01:29:26,458
become strong. Like...
2062
01:29:26,542 --> 01:29:30,875
You need to be like
a ship with full sails,
2063
01:29:30,959 --> 01:29:33,709
with a crew that
knows how to navigate.
2064
01:29:33,792 --> 01:29:35,625
Like, I want you
to be so strong.
2065
01:29:36,458 --> 01:29:38,583
Todd:
My son was in
the business originally,
2066
01:29:38,667 --> 01:29:40,375
and not anymore.
2067
01:29:40,458 --> 01:29:42,875
But I was like,
time to get him out, like,
"You need to get out."
2068
01:29:42,959 --> 01:29:44,667
You know, because
it's great to a child.
2069
01:29:44,750 --> 01:29:46,333
You build a nice bank account
for when you get older,
2070
01:29:46,417 --> 01:29:48,250
but you don't wanna
stay in this business.
2071
01:29:48,333 --> 01:29:51,208
I got him in a business
that's reliable and great
2072
01:29:51,291 --> 01:29:53,208
and, you know,
make a lot of money
2073
01:29:53,291 --> 01:29:54,709
and his name won't
even be talked about,
2074
01:29:54,792 --> 01:29:56,500
which is great.
2075
01:29:56,583 --> 01:29:59,333
I feel like a role model
'cause I'm a mom, um,
2076
01:29:59,417 --> 01:30:00,875
so that's really changed me...
2077
01:30:00,959 --> 01:30:04,709
Interviewer:
You managed to keep your son
completely off of the internet.
2078
01:30:04,792 --> 01:30:06,959
-Yeah.
-Like, totally absent.
2079
01:30:07,583 --> 01:30:10,917
It's been a very
conscious decision, um.
2080
01:30:11,000 --> 01:30:13,291
I think because of the way
I was raised,
2081
01:30:13,375 --> 01:30:15,625
I just don't wanna do
anything that he doesn't
have a say in yet.
2082
01:30:15,709 --> 01:30:17,208
If he doesn't wanna
be a public figure,
2083
01:30:17,291 --> 01:30:18,750
if he doesn't want his
image out there,
2084
01:30:18,834 --> 01:30:20,792
I didn't wanna put
it out there for him.
2085
01:30:20,875 --> 01:30:23,250
Also, there's just
a lot of creeps.
2086
01:30:23,333 --> 01:30:25,291
(laughs) So...
2087
01:30:25,375 --> 01:30:28,458
(acoustic guitar playing)
2088
01:30:38,959 --> 01:30:41,125
(trampoline bouncing)
2089
01:30:41,208 --> 01:30:45,500
♪ ♪
2090
01:30:49,875 --> 01:30:52,750
Henry:
Now, as an adult
and as a parent,
2091
01:30:52,834 --> 01:30:55,083
you look at all
of the ways that
2092
01:30:55,166 --> 01:30:58,208
it takes a kid out
of their world.
2093
01:30:59,709 --> 01:31:03,333
And it's nice to be a kid,
2094
01:31:03,417 --> 01:31:06,458
and it's nice
to have a childhood
that's a childhood,
2095
01:31:06,542 --> 01:31:08,834
completely unto itself.
2096
01:31:08,917 --> 01:31:14,000
(guitar continues)
2097
01:31:45,083 --> 01:31:48,125
(wind blowing)
2098
01:31:53,875 --> 01:31:54,750
Man:
Yeah!
2099
01:31:54,834 --> 01:31:58,083
("At a Distance"
by Jeff Tweedy playing)
2100
01:32:10,542 --> 01:32:12,583
♪ On the horizon ♪
2101
01:32:13,792 --> 01:32:16,250
♪ Behind the trees ♪
2102
01:32:17,458 --> 01:32:19,291
♪ Something's missing ♪
2103
01:32:23,458 --> 01:32:26,792
♪ There's something
I can't see ♪
2104
01:32:29,959 --> 01:32:33,750
♪ And something's
missing in me ♪
2105
01:32:39,625 --> 01:32:41,959
♪ Over the ocean ♪
2106
01:32:42,834 --> 01:32:44,959
♪ To some degree ♪
2107
01:32:46,458 --> 01:32:49,583
♪ I'm the same as I ♪
2108
01:32:49,667 --> 01:32:51,750
♪ Used to be ♪
2109
01:32:52,959 --> 01:32:57,291
♪ At a distance,
I'm still me ♪
2110
01:33:03,959 --> 01:33:06,667
♪ Before I switch off ♪
2111
01:33:07,166 --> 01:33:09,208
♪ Before I go ♪
2112
01:33:10,333 --> 01:33:12,750
♪ Before you drift off ♪
2113
01:33:12,834 --> 01:33:15,333
♪ Into the unknown ♪
2114
01:33:16,792 --> 01:33:18,834
♪ Uncharted waters ♪
2115
01:33:19,959 --> 01:33:22,166
♪ Forgotten dreams ♪
2116
01:33:23,500 --> 01:33:25,417
♪ Missing moments ♪
2117
01:33:25,500 --> 01:33:29,000
♪ Where they all
come back to me ♪
2118
01:33:35,959 --> 01:33:38,333
♪ On the horizon ♪
2119
01:33:39,166 --> 01:33:41,208
♪ Underneath my shoes ♪
2120
01:33:42,208 --> 01:33:44,750
♪ Still I'm bewildered ♪
2121
01:33:44,834 --> 01:33:47,667
♪ By the world
I'm walking through ♪
2122
01:33:49,208 --> 01:33:51,709
♪ Something's missing ♪
2123
01:34:09,834 --> 01:34:12,875
♪ ♪
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