Heather Matarazzo
Heather Matarazzo
Heather Christina Marie Matarazzois an American actress. Her breakthrough role was as a dorky girl in the film Welcome to the Dollhouse. She played Lilly in The Princess Diariesand The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. Her other movies include The Devil's Advocate, Scream 3, Sorority Boys, Saved!, and Hostel: Part 2...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth10 November 1982
CityTown Of Oyster Bay, NY
CountryUnited States of America
My eyes and spirit have opened up since I found someone that I get to share my life with.
It doesn't matter what medium I perform, I just love to perform in general, if it's good work.
I don't really prepare for roles. I just kind of do them!
There is going to be a hundred thousand doors slammed in your face before one opens, so feel ok about taking rejection.
It doesn't matter if a critic pans or praises my movies, I am only concerned about that one audience member and what their experience is.
The minute I ever start thinking about what a character would do is the minute I bring my ego into play. It's the minute I'm putting a judgment on something.
You have your private life and you have your public life, and just don’t let them interfere.
The most beautiful thing is telling someone you love them, because you can only love another person if you love yourself
It's good to get out of the closet and talk about it and find out other people's views.
But especially if you have the wrong people within your circle. Truthfully, at the end of the day, no one cares about you in this business whether they are your agent or your manager or your publicist.
We do have a choice at the end of the day to say yes or to say no. There have been things that I have passed on where agents at the time were like, "you're crazy, why would you pass on this," because it wasn't something that I personally wanted to be a part of.
I think it magnified it. For me, I wasn't sheltered so I think it was magnified. Especially when you're a teenager and you go to high school and you're in the business and you are known.
I'm not going to let fear rule my life. I'd rather be able to know that I've made a choice that's right for me, than saying yes because I don't want my agents to be upset with me.
I did get bullied and I did get picked on and I did have that feeling in my gut of being incredibly self-conscious. I naturally gravitated towards my elders because I didn't know how to speak or be present with my peers.