Macaulay Culkin Biography

On himself:
“I don’t even get an allowance.” (when interviewed at the age of 10)

“People still recognise me all the time on the street. The first thing they say when they stop me is, Where have you been?”

On his family:
“It drives me crazy when your parents try to read your mind. It’s even worse when they try to read your mail.”

“My father was overbearing. Very controlling. He was not always a good person. He’d play mind games to make sure that I knew my place.”

“I don’t have any desire to see my father. I vaguely know where he is, and I don’t want to know. As long as he’s not standing outside my doorstep, I’m fine.”

On his career:
“I just remember the exact point when I was growing a little more tired, during The Good Son (1993) I told Kit (his father) and he said, “Yeah, sure” and the next thing I knew, I was on the next set, doing the next thing…and it just kind of clicked in my brain: “Okay. There’s basically nothing I can do to make this stop.”

“I had all the fame anyone could want, and I ran away from it.”

“I’d made enough money by the time I was 12 never to have to work again. It’s like, I could sit around with my thumb up my butt watching TV, and my kids would still go to college!”

“When I was first sent the script for Party Monster, I threw it in the garbage like I did with every other script I was sent at the time. I was basically retired.”

“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.”

“Acting found me. I thought maybe I should try to find it again. We’ll see.”