Thanks to her charming turns in Mrs. Doubtfire and Matilda, Mara Wilson became one of the most beloved child stars of the '90s - but the actress says the pressures of a "toxic," image-obsessed industry were so heavy she had to retire as a tween. "I've had people tell me, 'The way that you judge yourself, looks-wise, is on this really strange level.' Well, it's because I grew up in Hollywood," Wilson, now 29, tells People. "I had good experiences there, but I always knew there were girls much prettier than I was, and I knew that I was always competing with them.
- 8/24/2016
- by Jeff Nelson, @nelson_jeff
- PEOPLE.com
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