Macaulay Culkin Quotes

He was so excited. He cut out pictures of these landscapes and neighborhoods and kind of really tried to give you a feel of the movie. It was kind of cute but at the same time it really showed his enthusiasm for it.
Macaulay Culkin

Time, Give, Same

Michael Jackson and I talk all the time. I think we understand each other in a way that most people can't understand either of us.
Macaulay Culkin

Time, Understand, Talk

People still recognize me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, 'Where have you been?' The second comment they make is always, 'Oh, you've grown up.'
Macaulay Culkin

Time, Stop, Second

Acting found me. I thought maybe I should try to find it again. We'll see.
Macaulay Culkin

Thought, Find, Try

Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them.
Macaulay Culkin

Living, Old, Paycheck

I could have gone the route of a lot of these former child actors, but I didn't want that for myself. Like I said, when I was 14 years old, I decided to quit. I didn't ever want to do it again.
Macaulay Culkin

Old, Said, Again

I did 14 movies in six years, I had a cartoon TV show, and I don't want to do that again. I just want to make unique pieces of art. That's why I quit everything when I was 14 and sat around for eight years before I did another movie.
Macaulay Culkin

Art, Movies, Everything

I don't mind if somebody comes up to me and shakes my hand, but if I'm in the middle of a restaurant and somebody asks me for a picture, I can be a jerk and say no, or I can say yes and draw more attention to myself, which is exactly the opposite of what I want.
Macaulay Culkin

Mind, Attention, Picture

I had all the fame anyone could want, and I ran away from it.
Macaulay Culkin

Away, Anyone, Fame

I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.
Macaulay Culkin

I have no control over people's perceptions of me at all and that's one of the things I decided very early on is that I can't control the way other people think of me. All I can do, especially when it comes to my career is go out there and do cool unique kinds of things.
Macaulay Culkin

Cool, Career, Control

I went to high school, which was a good thing because I hadn't interacted with many people my age, and I didn't really have friends. I had a million acquaintances and no friends.
Macaulay Culkin

Age, Good, School

I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but I don't want to talk about it just yet because that would jinx it.
Macaulay Culkin

Good, Talk, Write

I'd made enough made money by the time I was 12 to never work again, so it's not about a big pay check with me.
Macaulay Culkin

Work, Time, Money

I'm doing naughty things, I'm drinking too much, I'm going to clubs. It really didn't matter to me, other than the fact that some parents wouldn't let their kids hang out with me.
Macaulay Culkin

Parents, Matter, Kids

I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book.
Macaulay Culkin

Book, American, Community

I'm not one of those actors who needs the media spotlight all the time to feel gratified. I'm happy to do one project a year and take the rest of the year off as long as that project is special.
Macaulay Culkin

Time, Happy, Long

I'm the most out-of-work actor I know. In the last two years I've basically taken meetings for a living.
Macaulay Culkin

Two, Living, Last

It's a place where I could do something on a weekly basis and see if I like it.
Macaulay Culkin

Place, Weekly, Basis

It's about finding unique, one-of-a-kind films that I would want to see myself. I think 'Party Monster' is one of those.
Macaulay Culkin

Unique, Party, Films

Most of the offers I get from Hollywood are for teen comedies. My manager thinks I'm crazy for turning down all that money, but I'm very picky.
Macaulay Culkin

Money, Teen, Crazy

My father was overbearing. Very controlling. He was always the way he is, even before my success. He was not always a good person. He'd play mind games to make sure I knew my place. I don't see him, which is unfortunate. But I don't have any desire to see him. I vaguely know where he is, and I don't want to know.
Macaulay Culkin

Success, Good, Mind

People do bad things in their lives. And those sort of things are forgivable. That's half the point of having confession in church - you need to be able to fess up to what you've done.
Macaulay Culkin

Bad, Done, Able

The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
Macaulay Culkin

Funny, Big, Place

They put it on the page because it sounded good or it looked good or they read it in a book somewhere that this is how you structure a script or something, and they just don't get it. It's surprising.
Macaulay Culkin

Good, Book, Put

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: August 26, 1980

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